Florida Lawmaker Wants Teachers to Grade Parents
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Florida Lawmaker Wants Teachers to Grade Parents
Is this a good idea or not? Now that I now live in Florida this is a passing grade I might have to deal with.
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The grading system is based on three criteria that Stargel wrote in the legislation:
• A child should be at school on time, prepared to learn after a good night's sleep, and have eaten a meal.
• A child should have the homework done and prepared for examinations.
• There should be regular communication between the parent and teacher.
Is this a good idea or not? Now that I now live in Florida this is a passing grade I might have to deal with.
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1- What happens if a parent is always getting bad grades?
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2- The parents who get bad grades most likely don't care about their childs education so they won't care and won't change.
Its also a sad sad realization that there are parents out there who don't want the best for their children and couldn't care less about their education/health/shelter. Sadly, grading these parents will do absolutely nothing. At my wifes school parents don't even show up for parent teach conferences to go over the progression of their child. Its doubtful they will even open up a letter addressed to them from the school. These parents don't even give their kids a bath or buy them school supplies, what make them think that once they start grading the parents that things will change???
yeah, point #2 is why it's a pointless idea.
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In theory it might hold them responsible, but in reality it doesn't because there are no consequences.
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It is so sad that we've come to this point. Some people just shouldnt fucking breed.
Seriously though.. regular communication between teacher and parent seems like a good idea, but i'm not sure how much extra time teachers will have for this if it really takes hold.
I like the idea of it too... I agree some parents can be pretty neglecting.
The going to bed at a decent time is a really good point as well... Lots of people let their kids go to bed at like midnight, 1 am sort of thing and no wonder the thing can't function or is cranky as hell
If this is to be a law, than they should make laws specifying that teachers MUST continue their education towards being a GOOD teacher, they should have to follow up with parents' communication, and they should take responsibility in really teaching our children, rather than just 'sliding' students by.
This can equally go BOTH WAYS, as I've encountered bad teachers who slide by with high pay because teachers' unions allow them tenure, which allows bad teachers to keep their jobs forever, and inevitably fail our children.
Hail, Hail!!!
Mom jailed for enrolling kids in wrong school district
Take a look at what her child was facing in her district compared to the one she tampered with. I don't blame in a way, at least she was trying to get the oppurtunity for her child.
This just sucks. :(
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That is just WRONG.
I have seen way too many teachers go into teaching for the wrong reasons (long holidays, etc.). That's what they see, thinking it will be a doddle once the first year is done (then you have all your lessons plans ready - though often they 'inherit' them from other teachers). Teaching, like nursing, is a vocation - not 'just' a job.
Needless to say lazy teachers were not tolerated throughout my brother and I's education.
As a parent, I was pretty unhappy when, at my daughter's parent-teacher conference, her 2nd grade homeroom teacher tells me, amid all of the other teachers / therapists there (my daughter is special ed. mainstreamed with PT, OT and Speech therapy) that she doesn't really do much with my daughter and pretty much dismissed me, even though this woman teaches my daughter social studies and science. So I just want to bring to light that parents are not the only problem. Bad teachers are also the problem. How do I communicate with a teacher when she/he refuses to communicate with me?
You're right, there are many teachers out there that are fantastic. I think because the general concensus think that parents are mostly to blame, teachers who are not performing up to par isn't as obvious.
Pay? Dealing with parents? Dealing with the bureaucracy of the school and the school system? Trying to tell students how important an education is while their students only care about Facebook and Jersey Shore?
Teachers should be paid double what they are, and they should be held to higher standards and held accountable for the performance of their students.
Our education system is failing and we do nothing about it except for point fingers while we should be looking in the mirror.
As I said, teaching should be viewed as a vocation, like nursing, social care, etc. Not as a job with lots of vacation. A lot of student teachers/new teachers really don't know what hits them once they get in the classroom. Maybe it's a reflection on teacher training? I believe their expectations should be better managed and realistic. Naturally, each school, each class, each age group is different. Being a good teacher is difficult but can be very fulfilling.
Also it seems like the easy back up plan if you don't know what you want to do in university (like me, its my back up plan... but I also have a part time teaching job to get thru university, so i do enjoy it)
I think this can be detrimental though, I certainly hear a lot of people who do it because they don't know what else to do... And I obviously can't blame them ... but if they ARE going to do it, they should at elast do the job right!
Education should be taken away from the government.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
I don't disagree, but what are you advocating? State Departments of Education?