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You can't do this without fixing the parents first. Whether that's the too-involved ones or not-involved-enough ones. You have to get rid of credentialism and
by majormajor 3y ago
You can't do this without fixing the parents first. Whether that's the too-involved ones or not-involved-enough ones.
You have to get rid of credentialism and entitlement for the too-involved ones, and convince them that their child will only get out of school what they put in.
The not involved enough ones are probably even harder, you have to convince them that something can change if the kids put in the work after so many years of it really not mattering that much, since the kids with the too-involved parents are just doing still-that-much-more and are doing things you don't have the money or time to do to pad the college resume.
If you don't convince those groups, you don't have a chance of enforcing things policy-wise on those parents.
- nsajko 3y agoWhat do you mean by "too-involved"?
- warrenm 3y agoI suspect he means the so-called "helicopter parents" and their close relatives
- majormajor 3y agoStuff like this: https://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/grade-grubbing-parents/ https://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/grade-grubbing-pare... Demanding that your kid get higher grades, be included in things, etc. That they deserve things. And showing up on college campuses, at job interviews, etc. Or aggressively policing curriculum, especially of the "you were perfectly happy and trusting of the officials you elected until it was your kid" variety. If you don't let your children learn from their mistakes, or be exposed to things you don't like, as children it's just going to happen with more severe consequences as adults. It also adds another pain point to the job of being a teacher, which is just gonna drive more people away and harm education in that way.