Posted on 03/05/2005 6:00:24 PM PST by emil
Those are some keen observations and I think you're exactly right.
All the more reason to homeschool.
This looks like your very first post!
Homeschooling Bumps to you!
As a small heads up, it is typical to post a link to the article.
Not to pick a nit, but this isn't really Front Page News, is it?
This writer is an idiot. My wife is a public school teacher, she doesn't hate parents, but she does have an awful lot of kids who don't get much in the way of parenting at home, and are unresponsive to requests by teachers to get involved in their kids education.
I move that Emil Levitin be ordered to volunteer in a public classroom for one year before writing any more columns about public education!! ;-)
Please note the word 'most'. I understand that there are quite a few public school teachers who do not fit the description of my post.
"Why can't Billy read? Why can't Billy read? God that gets old." King of the Hill principal.
Please look at this posters home page.
The article was careful to say "most", and he(?) most certainly did not say anything about your wife.
Most has never meant "all".
Emil is 12 years old. Look at his page.
Are you basing this on your own experience with public school? Can you be more specific with your examples?
"she does have an awful lot of kids who don't get much in the way of parenting at home, and are unresponsive to requests by teachers to get involved in their kids education."
Sadly, that is the way of the world. Due in large part to our divorce rate, I'd bet. There are many excellent teachers out there- I have a few- and I commend you for your service to this country. Thanks a lot!
ps- how do i italicize quotes? thx.
I would tend to give him the benefit of the doubt, as I was once a pupil in the Boston Public School system myself.
Bad teachers cannot ruin children without the help of bad parents, and vice versa.
That is what Mrs. Satan REALLY meant when she said "It takes a Village".
Both are true. Some parents aren't good parents. Some teachers aren't good teachers. I've always gotten the impression from teachers that they believe involved parents are troublesome. The more self-confident teachers don't project that belief. And forget about principals.
"And forget about principals."
My experience with principals is that they are heavily abused by parents. We had 3 elementary school principals in 3 years in my old district because the parents basically tortured tem
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