Respect

Respect:
Respect in the classroom is a subject for me that is very hard to narrow down. I think respect is a lot of things. I would say that respect in the classroom is when the student does what the teacher asks him or her to do, when the student does the task without any resistance to the teacher's wants, and when the student treats his or her teacher as a adult and a source of knowledge. The last one is hard to most students to do, but the first point of interest for me is doing what the teacher asks. This seems like it should be easy, the teacher says sit down, you sit. The teacher says open your book, you open the book. For some students this is either very difficult or they simply find enjoyment of not doing these things their teachers ask them.  This is where the lack of respect comes in.  Students who do not want to do what their teachers ask are usually the ones who disrupt the class and hurt not only their own learning but the learning of everyone else in the classroom.  This is not acceptable for a student to draw all the teacher's attention just because they won't listen.  It should almost be the opposite.  The students who don't listen should be getting no attention whatsoever. 
There is often times when if the student doesn't get the attention they want, they will act with resistance to try to draw attention from their peers.  This act of resisting the teacher is a way for the student to get his or her classmates to laugh or smile and this makes the student feel empowered.  This feeling of empowerment only worsens the situation and causes more problems in the future.  Really the students should not be resisting their teacher because they should realize how important school is and how important the things the teacher says are.  Too often students think that the teachers are there to fill time and to yammer about nothing.  This is obviously not the case.  The government would not be paying us to do nothing unless we were in a office job. :-P This is not the case, so we have to work our tails off to earn our pay.  If students realized this, they should want to listen and learn from their teachers.  Learning needs to start becoming a priority in students lives.  Not how many Pokemon cards they've collected or what level they are in World of Warcraft.  When learning becomes a priority, I think that students will appreciate their teachers more, and give teachers that respect they need and deserve.