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The real problem with public education: the parents. You can't teach kids who come home to parents who do not value education. An oversized classroom is not a
by vinhboy 17y ago
The real problem with public education: the parents.
You can't teach kids who come home to parents who do not value education.
An oversized classroom is not as bad as students who have no interested and no motivation to learn. But it's not the student fault, it's their parents.
Sad thing is, it's kind of an endless cycle. Maybe we should punish the parents... but I don't know how well that would work either...
- brg 17y agoWhen parents are almost entirely removed from the education process, without input into curriculum[1] or teacher selection[2], can you blame many for becoming disinterested bystandards? In private religious and secular schools, I have noticed that parental involvement is much higher. [1] Set at the state and national level as a result of funding. [2] In many locales, set by unions and un-elected administration.