Your point is very valid. Schooling begins at home with parents that promote learning as a priority. The breakdown of the family unit (especially in minority families) often make teaching difficult as best.
Your point is very valid. Schooling begins at home with parents that promote learning as a priority. The breakdown of the family unit (especially in minority families) often make teaching difficult as best
Many kids don't see the need to learn or get a good job - they get free breakfast, lunch, dinner, rent, health care, etc., as well as an iPod. This attitude becomes contagious (it becomes a competition to see who can care the least or "get over" the most).
The work ethic is shot, and the idea of pride in everyday accomplishments is lost.
Which can be difficult if the parent(s) never had 'learning' as a priority to begin with.
The breakdown of the family unit (especially in minority families) often make teaching difficult as best.
No consistency, no authority, no discipline. In the Bible it says "spare the rod, spoil the child". I'm not sure that today's parents understand that principle. We live in a society where consistency, authority, and discipline have been thrown down the sewer. Our society rewards the cheats and fakes. The children notice, even if the adults don't.