Revolution X

[rudder]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Teachers aren't the problem, Parents not getting involved with their childrens education is. Blaming the teachers is just passing the buck.

Schools today are just an extension of day care. Parents are in a rush to put their 7 week old baby into some one elses care so they can go about thier day making money. Sending the child to school is no different, its just a place to drop the kid off for the day.

But teachers can receive some of the blame as well. I recently moved from a small community in Tennessee. 50% of the students received financial aid and out of 38 counties this one is 35th as far as teacher pay goes. The school my daughter went to was ranked 7th in the state. Unfortunately we had to move. She just finished first grade. Some of the stuff she was working on in this new school at the end of frist grade, was the same she was working on a year ago at her other school.

I can only spend so much time with her during the day. She sits in school all day and I like for her to have play time when she gets home. So I believe its in my right to criticize our current school district and its teachers. I would like for them to challenge her. I requested the school give her more demanding projects, etc. Finally the school year is over and I can come up with another game plan, but I do blame the principal at this new school and the teaching staff for the level they have these students at.

Yeah but just imagine how much better she'd do if you would make the sacrifices to actually spend more time with her education!

We do. She was just tested upon finishing first grade and reads at a 5th grade level despite her class being way behind in relation to her old school. I just feel that her time in school is wasted. I hate to make her come home from school and crack the books open when her friends are outside playing. We do find some time every evening to read books and do math though.

EDIT: And I am not sitting idly by. I plan to take over the PTO then get elected to the school board. Then harass the principal of her school. well at least until I can afford the tuition at a private school.

 

[chess9]

Rudder:

We home schooled our daughter for three years principally because she was pretty smart, and very off-beat, as a youngster. The other kids caught up and many have passed her, but I think we made the right move at the time. Home schooling is most popular with religious fundamentalists, but it still has meaning and substance for others if they can swing it. The time committment for the parents is the drawback.

-Robert