iwakar
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I read this article earlier about a large school brawl in my city and I got very annoyed when I read this:
Disclaimer: understand that I'm not saying all teachers are good. I'm not saying all schools are good. I'm not saying all policies are good. Everything related to bringing up productive young members of society is subject to critical inquiry and should be explored and improved if possible...
All I'm saying is I struggle to see how an event of this size can be laid entirely at the feet of educators. Is too much responsibility being laid at the feet of our educators? Isn't social disorder a large, complex problem that involves parents, community, government, wealth distribution, AND educators? What do you think? Where does the blame lie?
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I'm feeling like we're seeing a backlash from a time when parents did NOT question the authority of educators and had less say in their children's education, so now we're shifting to the other extreme where we blame educators for everything and parents micromanage classroom syllabi. I was dumbfounded when a PTA member and an NYC Dept. of Transportation worker foisted their 'SHCOOL-XING' spelling error onto a local school principal for not having complained about it because it was nearby--
Feel free to remark on this specific event, but it's just one in a sprawling list of events going on concerning schools that is disturbing and controversial, and I am attempting to address the larger social shift I'm seeing.Parents told KTRK that they're sick of the violence the school, and blame the "lack of control" by school officials.
Disclaimer: understand that I'm not saying all teachers are good. I'm not saying all schools are good. I'm not saying all policies are good. Everything related to bringing up productive young members of society is subject to critical inquiry and should be explored and improved if possible...
All I'm saying is I struggle to see how an event of this size can be laid entirely at the feet of educators. Is too much responsibility being laid at the feet of our educators? Isn't social disorder a large, complex problem that involves parents, community, government, wealth distribution, AND educators? What do you think? Where does the blame lie?
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I'm feeling like we're seeing a backlash from a time when parents did NOT question the authority of educators and had less say in their children's education, so now we're shifting to the other extreme where we blame educators for everything and parents micromanage classroom syllabi. I was dumbfounded when a PTA member and an NYC Dept. of Transportation worker foisted their 'SHCOOL-XING' spelling error onto a local school principal for not having complained about it because it was nearby--
Are you freaking kidding me?"Regardless of who painted it, someone from the school should have been outside supervising, or noticed it by now," the city worker, who asked to remain anonymous, told the Post.