Do you think teachers are getting too much blame for failing school systems in America?

Question

Parents need to be involved in teh education process of their children. But many are not. THe problem is, they turn on the teacher when their child fails instead of working with the teacher to figure out why the child is not succeeding!

Answer 1

I agree, my mother is a elementary school teacher, for the past 18 years she has had constant conflict with parents who don't want take responsibility for the children's academic problems. They just take it out the teacher, but sometimes teachers are at fault. When I was in elementary school, a lot of students who had learning disabilities were not being taking out of the classrooms for special attention in certain subjects and diagnose with a learning disability. Sometimes teachers deserve the blame and sometimes the parents do.

Answer 2

ABSOLUTELY. The fault of children not learning to read is often on the backs of society itself...from parents, to school administrators who order the material and make the decisions on which teachers are competent and which are not and finally to the teachers themselves.

While many teachers aren't very effective, it is the administrators job to find these teachers and either retrain them or fire them. It is society's responsibility to vote for school board members who hire the principals and superintendent. If society isn't interested in voting and in the welfare of their children, it is a cop out to blame a teacher.

Answer 3

You are very right. Its not the teachers fault that kids are the way they are. The parents really need to step in and do something. It really starts earl on in a childs life. Thats when the parents should teach them how to behave in public so when they do go to school they know what is expected of them and the proper way to act.

Answer 4

Nope.