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<blockquote data-quote="looking4hope" data-source="post: 153528" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>As a teacher, there's another side to this argument. I teach in a school where over 90&#37; of the kids are on a reduced priced or free lunch program. Most of the kids are ethnic minorities, where education is not valued in the household. Many of my students tell me that they didn't get their homework done because they have to babysit their younger siblings after school while their parent/ guardian is at work either before school (they come late) or after school (they leave right after the bell rings).</p><p></p><p>If parents don't value education and don't hold their children accountable for doing well in school, how can a teacher instill that in a child? I have no control over what happens once the child leaves school. There is a free after school program at my middle school, where there are high school mentors who come in and help the kids with their homework, but not all students can or are willing to attend. Many teachers, including myself, volunteer as tutors at least one afternoon a week, but I have never had more than one or two students attend at once, and most of the time none come. </p><p></p><p>How can I as a teacher be accountable for these kids performance? I do everything I can to give these kids the opportunity to succeed. I even give them two days to do homework before late penalties kick in, because I know that they have other responsibilities. And when I talk with the parents, I get the "I can't make them do anything either" spiel instead of them taking responsibility. The kids aren't accountable, the parents aren't accountable, but teachers are supposed to be accountable?</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, if a majority of the students aren't learning, then a teacher needs to change his or her tactics. There is no such thing as "business as usual" in education, because our clients are always changing. Coming from the corporate world, I admit that I have a different take on this than many other teachers. But the inability to teach needs to be shown as a trend (2 -3 years), not just one class. And the teacher needs to be given the opportunity to learn new teaching techniques before being let go or denied tenure.</p><p></p><p>Just an opinion from an educator who knows how difficult the profession is, because I had 20 years in corporate experience to compare it to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="looking4hope, post: 153528, member: 4362"] As a teacher, there's another side to this argument. I teach in a school where over 90% of the kids are on a reduced priced or free lunch program. Most of the kids are ethnic minorities, where education is not valued in the household. Many of my students tell me that they didn't get their homework done because they have to babysit their younger siblings after school while their parent/ guardian is at work either before school (they come late) or after school (they leave right after the bell rings). If parents don't value education and don't hold their children accountable for doing well in school, how can a teacher instill that in a child? I have no control over what happens once the child leaves school. There is a free after school program at my middle school, where there are high school mentors who come in and help the kids with their homework, but not all students can or are willing to attend. Many teachers, including myself, volunteer as tutors at least one afternoon a week, but I have never had more than one or two students attend at once, and most of the time none come. How can I as a teacher be accountable for these kids performance? I do everything I can to give these kids the opportunity to succeed. I even give them two days to do homework before late penalties kick in, because I know that they have other responsibilities. And when I talk with the parents, I get the "I can't make them do anything either" spiel instead of them taking responsibility. The kids aren't accountable, the parents aren't accountable, but teachers are supposed to be accountable? On the other hand, if a majority of the students aren't learning, then a teacher needs to change his or her tactics. There is no such thing as "business as usual" in education, because our clients are always changing. Coming from the corporate world, I admit that I have a different take on this than many other teachers. But the inability to teach needs to be shown as a trend (2 -3 years), not just one class. And the teacher needs to be given the opportunity to learn new teaching techniques before being let go or denied tenure. Just an opinion from an educator who knows how difficult the profession is, because I had 20 years in corporate experience to compare it to. [/QUOTE]
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