Response to Honor Code

I really disagree with many of the things Brooks talks about in Honor Code.  I am pretty biased though because my mom is a kindergarten teacher, so I know what she has to deal with.  But, this whole thing just sounds like it is trying to be an excuse for boys that behave badly.  You can't just blame society when you get in trouble.  One part that makes me mad is when they talk about "feeding him his meds" because it isn't like they just randomly give out medication to any kid that is hyper or disruptive.  The kid normally goes to the doctor and diagnoses them with ADHD.  Also, Brooks makes it sound like it's horrible for children who have ADHD to take medicine, when in reality it is not because hopefully the medicine will help them focus more which helps them do better, but it also helps the students out around them.  I also think that paragraph 13 is unfair because I interpret it as saying that we need to give disruptive kids extra attention to help them out, and while it is good to help them focus, it is also unfair to all the more mature students that are trying to get a good education.  From what I have heard from my mom, she ends up not getting to help out some of the smarter kids in her class because she has to spend so much time dealing with the really naughty ones. All in all, I don't think we should cater to boys or girls that are immature in school because the rest of the world isn't going to put up with them either so they better learn that they can't act like that and get away with it.