Classroom decorum has gone the way of the schoolmarm and the dunce cap, and "good riddance," some say. Behavior such as eating in class, arriving late, and challenging the teacher has become commonplace in high school and college classrooms, and increasingly so in corporate classrooms.
Some educators welcome the freedom of expression that this represents, while others deplore the loss of civility and control. Is there a pandemic of incivility in the classroom or are we seeing students
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