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Teachers can definitely have a large impact. But students spend 80% of their time outside the school. You could have the best teacher on the planet, but if th

Teachers can definitely have a large impact. But students spend 80% of their time outside the school. You could have the best teacher on the planet, but if they're not getting reinforcement from outside the system, there's not a lot you can do. If three wheels have their brakes stuck, it doesn't really matter how fast the fourth is turning, you're not going anywhere. It's not that we shouldn't work on our schools, but we have to approach raising children holistically - it's not enough to have them in school for 6 hours a day for half the year, we need parents to be involved and we need to make sure those kids are getting a basic level of stability outside of school. Then there's the Hierarchy of Needs issue. Before you can really learn and grow and develop, you have to fulfill your basic needs. If you're starving, then the only fractions you're able to focus on are fractions of a sandwich.

yummyfajitas 16y ago
If three wheels have their brakes stuck, I turn the car off. I'm not going anywhere and I might as well save gas. By the way, no one in America (besides anorexic rich girls) is starving. Gluttony is the only food-related problem faced by the poor, starvation hasn't existed for a while.
- ZachPruckowski 16y ago
  >If three wheels have their brakes stuck, I turn the car off. I'm not going anywhere and I might as well save gas. So you're suggesting we abandon schooling altogether, and just let all those kids wander around unable to read? >Gluttony is the only food-related problem faced by the poor, starvation hasn't existed for a while. Would it were so.
- ExcilSploft 16y ago
  "By the way, no one in America (besides anorexic rich girls) is starving." This absolutely not true, some students only meal of the day comes in school with reduced or free lunch. Not every poor kid is accustomed to nothing but what McDonald's serves.

yummyfajitas 16y ago

If three wheels have their brakes stuck, I turn the car off. I'm not going anywhere and I might as well save gas. By the way, no one in America (besides anorexic rich girls) is starving. Gluttony is the only food-related problem faced by the poor, starvation hasn't existed for a while.

ZachPruckowski 16y ago
>If three wheels have their brakes stuck, I turn the car off. I'm not going anywhere and I might as well save gas. So you're suggesting we abandon schooling altogether, and just let all those kids wander around unable to read? >Gluttony is the only food-related problem faced by the poor, starvation hasn't existed for a while. Would it were so.
ExcilSploft 16y ago
"By the way, no one in America (besides anorexic rich girls) is starving." This absolutely not true, some students only meal of the day comes in school with reduced or free lunch. Not every poor kid is accustomed to nothing but what McDonald's serves.