One important issue is the lack of concern on so many parents in their children's education.
Perhaps the parents are working multiple jobs, perhaps the parents are not very educated and do not want to embarrass themselves, or have some other reasonable excuse.
Parents should get involved. Go to the PTA meetings, go to parent/teacher meetings, and/or other school events.
The kids would see that the parents care. It seems that many immigrant families from Asia make sure the home work is done, the kid is not hanging out, getting into trouble, etc. Their kids often end up well schooled with graduate degrees at the better universities.
One important issue is the lack of concern on so many parents in their children's education. Perhaps the parents are working multiple jobs, perhaps the parents are not very educated and do not want to embarrass themselves, or have some other reasonable excuse. Parents should get involved. Go to the PTA meetings, go to parent/teacher meetings, and/or other school events. The kids would see that the parents care. It seems that many immigrant families from Asia make sure the home work is done, the kid is not hanging out, getting into trouble, etc. Their kids often end up well schooled with graduate degrees at the better universities. Again I agree with you here. There are PLENTY of opportunities to get involved here for parents. I REALLY appreciate those parents who do. We teachers LOVE stay-at-home moms who form the backbone of a lot of it.
We teachers need to show that we care about the kids. And I think a LOT of us could use a change in attitude.
I do try to apply a lot what I learn from others in my own classroom. Thanks for continuing that. I learn a lot from people here at FR.
I spent some time in Korea. The parents often competed to see who could get the teachers' attention. As for studying, oh boy, did they ever study.