Parents Have Become Bigger Jerks, Says Teachers

Well, the nation's teachers didn't exactly called today's parents jerks, but some of the parents mentioned in a recent USA Today article definitely earned their place in the obnoxious creep hall of fame. (One parent in Philadelphia mother repeatedly slapped a teacher in the face because she was forced to get a late slip for her daughter.)

Parents have become more pushy, aggessive, and violent then they used to be, according to several educators. Why? Lisa Jacobson, chief executive of the tutoring and test preparation business Inspirica, said, "[Teachers] feel like the parents come in as CEOs and order them around." Today parents are doing everything from going to the teachers and strongly urging them to change their child's grades to shooting a high school football coach because he, or she doesn't like the coach's football program.