Exactly.
Do I want the schools to be held accountable? of course I do. But I also believe parents should be held accountable as well.
Education does not end when the bell rings at 3pm, it continues at home. It seems far too many people have forgotten that concept.
Sometimes the parents become more or less friends.
I had to laugh at this comment. We are in the awkward position of actually being social friends with the husband of our daughter's teacher. We drink beer and play NTN Trivia with him a couple times a month, and of course are on first name basis. But any contact with his wife, which is always in her position as teacher, it's all Mr. & Mrs. all the way around. As this is a very small (population) county, it is just a matter of time before we run into them as a couple in a social situation. I already run into her occassionally out shopping.
Do I want the schools to be held accountable? of course I do. But I also believe parents should be held accountable as well.
Man I wish you were in our state legislature here.
Education does not end when the bell rings at 3pm, it continues at home. It seems far too many people have forgotten that concept.
I would agree. I wish that I had control over how many days kids missed or how much reading they did or other things. Unfortunately I don't. However, I am held accountable for mine and parents' actions (which I don't control).
Sometimes the parents become more or less friends.
I had to laugh at this comment. We are in the awkward position of actually being social friends with the husband of our daughter's teacher. We drink beer and play NTN Trivia with him a couple times a month, and of course are on first name basis. But any contact with his wife, which is always in her position as teacher, it's all Mr. & Mrs. all the way around. As this is a very small (population) county, it is just a matter of time before we run into them as a couple in a social situation. I already run into her occassionally out shopping.
I can take it a little farther than that. I live in my school boundaries. I bought my house from a student. I had two of my next door neighbors in my class two years ago and have a neighbor boy in my class this year. I knew about 1/2 of my class last year before they came into my class. If I had kids, I probably would be more involved around here with people, but this is a very family and kid-oriented community (the average age of our city's poplulation is 19). I have always wanted to be able to be in the same community and to serve the kids that I teach. For me, I have the best of both worlds.