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#1462: "Sit Down And Shut Up!"

Depending on when you grew up, discipline in school can mean anything from a time out to detention to that proverbial ruler against the knuckles. But a former teacher says that, in some school systems, there is next to no discipline at all…and that is doing kids a disservice.

Today on the Best of Our Knowledge, a conversation about school discipline and the appropriately named book Sit Down and Shut Up..

We’ll also spend an Academic Minute with teenagers and energy drinks because what could possibly go wrong there?

Bob has been a part of the WAMC family since 2001. He currently produces and hosts National Production's The Best Of Our Knowledge. Over the years, Bob has produced The Environment Show and The Health Show for National Productions and hosted weekend mornings on WAMC for a decade. In addition to producing TBOOK, he is currently a reporter and on air host at WUWF Public Radio at the University of West Florida in Pensacola.