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It takes two people to raise a child...

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It takes two people to raise a child, there are single mothers but it isn't as viable as it seems.. So if it takes two people to raise a child, why do we think that putting 20-30 kids in a classroom with one teacher is ok? That is what I'm wondering.
 
Because the job of the parent is NOT the job of the teacher. I wish that both parents AND teachers would start to realize this.
 
Originally posted by: jagec
Because the job of the parent is NOT the job of the teacher. I wish that both parents AND teachers would start to realize this.
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Wait, what? So you're either saying parents shouldn't act as a teacher or a teacher shouldn't act as a parent...
 
Originally posted by: fleabag
Originally posted by: jagec
Because the job of the parent is NOT the job of the teacher. I wish that both parents AND teachers would start to realize this.
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Wait, what? So you're either saying parents shouldn't act as a teacher or a teacher shouldn't act as a parent...
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Or a bit of both, with a dash of reason to add flavor.🙂

I think it's a good idea for a child's education to come from a number of sources. Formalized education, with teachers who are trained and equipped for it, is generally a better idea than homeschooling your child until they're college-age...both in terms of learning and socialization. However, it's not the teacher's job to monitor, discipline, instill moral values, answer all life questions, drive to soccer games, and generally parent the children...while certain aspects of this will occur at times, the parents also have to play their role and not count on the school system to do their parenting for them.

If the parents are doing their jobs, the students should be decently behaved, finish their homework, and achieve a good learning environment, even with a fairly high student:teacher ratio. If the teachers are doing their jobs, the kids should get a good well-rounded education without a bunch of the teacher's pet political points shoved in there.
 
Originally posted by: fleabag
It takes two people to raise a child, there are single mothers but it isn't as viable as it seems.. So if it takes two people to raise a child, why do we think that putting 20-30 kids in a classroom with one teacher is ok? That is what I'm wondering.
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Speaking as someone who got by and turned out just fine with just my mother, it is by no means necessary, but that single parent has to be quite a special, if not extraordinary person to make sure things work out right.
 
Originally posted by: mooglemania85
I thought It Takes a Village...
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Yeah. They should make laws limiting it to one child per village. That would be a great way to lower property taxes. Also, imagine how much better of an education they could get.
 
Pffhhtt....it takes at least 7 people to raise my kids. Damn hellions will drive you crazy :| Epecially my son- he's 7 and picked up this habit of walking around making loud high pitched "singing" noises if he's playing a game or if it's quiet.

Kids do that stuff---which is why asprin sells so well.
 
Originally posted by: jjones
Because the classrooms aren't big enough to fit 50.
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Sure it is. I sat on the floor in my Latin class and on a radiator in my calculus class. People need to start thinking outside the one child per desk policy we have today. 😛

And books. Psh. We didn't get books in my human geography class until the last few weeks of class. Sure they were sitting in the warehouse waiting to be paid for, but we had to install a new stereo system in the basketball gym instead.

The books in my calculus class were 20 years old and falling apart. Another high school bought a bunch of calculus books and threw them away because they weren't being used. My teacher literally jumped into that high school's dumpster one day and scavenged a bunch of brand new calculus books for us.

I'm glad I go to a college now where we have proper facilities.
 
Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
Teacher has them for 5 hrs a day, parents have them for the other 19.
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Teachers have them for 7 hours a day, daycare has them for 2-3 hours a day, parents have them for 1 hour or so in the morning and 3-4 hours at night and they are sleeping the rest of the time.

Dad leaves home @ 6:00 in the morning before the kids are up and gets home @ 5:30 at night. Kids go to bed @ 7:30 pm. In those 2 hours he is also expected to help make supper, help clean house, do dishes feed and water the dogs if the kids have forgotten to do so, work on homework with kids if there is time (which is absolute bullshit if you ask me. I dont understand how kids below 5th grade should have homework). From 7-7:30 pm, kids are bathing, so, in reality, dads and moms get to see their kids about an hour a day if that.

Weekends are different.

edited for a ton of grammar mistakes--im sure there are more
 
Title: "It takes two people to raise a child..."

Says who!?

You might be getting this confused with the fact that it takes two people to produce a child.

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And what if these "two people" have more than 1 child? what do you do then? That statement is utterly ridiculous
 
Originally posted by: Fritzo
Pffhhtt....it takes at least 7 people to raise my kids. Damn hellions will drive you crazy :| Epecially my son- he's 7 and picked up this habit of walking around making loud high pitched "singing" noises if he's playing a game or if it's quiet.

Kids do that stuff---which is why asprin sells so well.
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Spare the rod, Spoil the Child.
 
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