I taught in a rural school in TX, where we had many low income students. Some of them did fine, but many did not. The common thread I found was parents who did nothing to improve their children’s work ethic/grades/study habits/etc. When I contacted parents I got one of two reactions. Either, promises to see that they buckled down and studied (or turned in homework, I was appalled at the number who never turned in any homework, never did written reviews I provided and never turned in things we actually did in class). OR they would say, “I can’t do anything with him/her either.”
How can the school or teachers be blamed for this?
susie
I'm sure you will get plenty of answers to your question on this board. Many here blame every social ill on the school system.