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I was listening to NPR recently. There was a discussion panel on why schools are terrible and why kids are dumber now than they used to be in prior years.
Apparently people are mad because teachers are not doing a good job disciplining kids in public schools. Teachers are apparently not able to make the kids sit still and pay attention to the lesson. People are mad because teachers are not actively holding the kids' interest in the subject matter. Teachers are not engaging students. Teachers are not teaching the subjects in a way that holds kids' attention. Teachers are not making the kids want to learn.
But wait a minute. Why is all of that the teacher's job??
I am not comprehending why the <schools> are bearing the brunt of all this blame. This is about the following issues:
-Instilling a sense of discipline;
-fostering a desire to learn;
-paying attention to the teacher during the lesson, and not falling asleep in class.
This is about students having a good attitude and not being rude or disrespectful to the teacher. This is about producing well-behaved, polite children who have manners. Who treat the teachers with respect. Who treat their peers, i.e., fellow students, with respect. Conduct themselves with decorum.
These are all behavior and conduct issues. This is NOTTTT the schools' job or teachers' job.
That is all the parents' job. (And it is also the kid's own responsibility, I dare say.)
School-- reading, writing 'rithmetic. That's it. That is all that the school is responsible for.
We are talking about the state of public education in America -- and what the REAL problem is. Why is that the school's job??? Can someone answer me this? Where are the parents?
Why is it the schools' job to establish a sense of discipline in the students and to compel them to behave themselves? To show respect towards, and pay attention to, the teacher? To display reverence for the learning process? Why is it the school's job to grow, nourish, and nurture a thirst for knowledge?
The job of discipline, and fostering a civilized, functioning personality that can make positive contributions in civilized society. These are not academic subjects. These are personality traits. That is NOT the job of the teacher to cultivate. Those are things that PARENTS need to instill in their children.
Again, repeat after me. Being a good person is something the parents need to teach, not something that teachers have to teach.
Parents must foster good study habits and good skills of concentration in their kid. Parents must enforce the concept of paying attention in class and actually showing some respect to the teacher when the teacher is trying to bestow some education on them. What about instilling a sense of respect for other human beings? That is a character trait, not an academic subject. Therefore that is something that the parent should be teaching to the child. It is not incumbent on any teacher to cultivate a good respectful personality. That is the parents' job.
We're not talking about just reading, writing, & 'rithmetic here. We are talking about personality traits. Kids should already come from a mindset that encourages a desire to study and value education. Do well in school. Parents must create a home environment that is conducive to learning.
I remember seeing a poster once that had the title, "Everything I ever needed to know, I learned back in kindergarten." I noticed that the poster featured behavior and discipline, which are things that the Parents are responsible for, not the school. These are things for which the parents bear responsibility, not the schools.
None of that is the school's job. That is the parents' job. Why are the parents shirking their responsibility? Parents are dumping all the responsibility that should have been their own, out onto the public education system. Raising socially conscious, personally aware and disciplined kids -- that is not the pub education system's job. Reading, writing, and 'rithmetic are the school's only job (also, science). The job of imparting values to the kids, as in actual values such as morals and self-reliance, is the job of the child's parents.
I was listening to NPR recently. There was a discussion panel on why schools are terrible and why kids are dumber now than they used to be in prior years.
Apparently people are mad because teachers are not doing a good job disciplining kids in public schools. Teachers are apparently not able to make the kids sit still and pay attention to the lesson. People are mad because teachers are not actively holding the kids' interest in the subject matter. Teachers are not engaging students. Teachers are not teaching the subjects in a way that holds kids' attention. Teachers are not making the kids want to learn.
But wait a minute. Why is all of that the teacher's job??
I am not comprehending why the <schools> are bearing the brunt of all this blame. This is about the following issues:
-Instilling a sense of discipline;
-fostering a desire to learn;
-paying attention to the teacher during the lesson, and not falling asleep in class.
This is about students having a good attitude and not being rude or disrespectful to the teacher. This is about producing well-behaved, polite children who have manners. Who treat the teachers with respect. Who treat their peers, i.e., fellow students, with respect. Conduct themselves with decorum.
These are all behavior and conduct issues. This is NOTTTT the schools' job or teachers' job.
That is all the parents' job. (And it is also the kid's own responsibility, I dare say.)
School-- reading, writing 'rithmetic. That's it. That is all that the school is responsible for.
We are talking about the state of public education in America -- and what the REAL problem is. Why is that the school's job??? Can someone answer me this? Where are the parents?
Why is it the schools' job to establish a sense of discipline in the students and to compel them to behave themselves? To show respect towards, and pay attention to, the teacher? To display reverence for the learning process? Why is it the school's job to grow, nourish, and nurture a thirst for knowledge?
The job of discipline, and fostering a civilized, functioning personality that can make positive contributions in civilized society. These are not academic subjects. These are personality traits. That is NOT the job of the teacher to cultivate. Those are things that PARENTS need to instill in their children.
Again, repeat after me. Being a good person is something the parents need to teach, not something that teachers have to teach.
Parents must foster good study habits and good skills of concentration in their kid. Parents must enforce the concept of paying attention in class and actually showing some respect to the teacher when the teacher is trying to bestow some education on them. What about instilling a sense of respect for other human beings? That is a character trait, not an academic subject. Therefore that is something that the parent should be teaching to the child. It is not incumbent on any teacher to cultivate a good respectful personality. That is the parents' job.
We're not talking about just reading, writing, & 'rithmetic here. We are talking about personality traits. Kids should already come from a mindset that encourages a desire to study and value education. Do well in school. Parents must create a home environment that is conducive to learning.
I remember seeing a poster once that had the title, "Everything I ever needed to know, I learned back in kindergarten." I noticed that the poster featured behavior and discipline, which are things that the Parents are responsible for, not the school. These are things for which the parents bear responsibility, not the schools.
None of that is the school's job. That is the parents' job. Why are the parents shirking their responsibility? Parents are dumping all the responsibility that should have been their own, out onto the public education system. Raising socially conscious, personally aware and disciplined kids -- that is not the pub education system's job. Reading, writing, and 'rithmetic are the school's only job (also, science). The job of imparting values to the kids, as in actual values such as morals and self-reliance, is the job of the child's parents.
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