Friday, October 26, 2007
Reflection
I just finished up my conferences this morning, so I was thinking that now would be the best time to blog! I always tell myself that I can't wait to tell parents about their kids, and their behaviors so that maybe they will realize what it is like in my classroom. Yet, most parents just kind of shrug it off and say that they have the same problems with them at home and that they have a hard time getting them to do anything when they get home. I am going to step up on my soapbox right now so you have been warned. I think that the parents of today (not everyone though) are doing a crappy job! It seems that the children really run the parents instead of the other way around. I am all for giving kids choices, but sometime parents just need to lay down the law. Kids' lack of authority and respect for parents and/or adults is sickening! It seems as though kids just go home and as long as they don't bug the parents then everything is kosher. So kids just throw fits until they get what they want. Parents have gotten too soft, almost as if they would rather be the kids' friend first and parent second, instead of the other way around. Whew! I can step down now. Sorry about that. Well now that I said that I have nothing left on my mind. See ya all soon.
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4 comments:
Hi Jeff,
I'm sure it wouldn't be difficult to find others in the schools who would agree with you. At the ms and hs I get a brief peek into what those students are like at the teenage level. My husband hears those parent say that they don't know how to control their children, so what should they do? I can only image what it's like to try and reel in a 16-17 year old who has been ruling the roost for years. Debbie
Hi Jeff, I will join you on that soap box. A teacher can only do so much, the parents have raised their child for better or worse. Often it is for the worse. Parenting seems to swing from side to side, strict rules to no rules. We are on the no rules side with alot of our parents. Their life is much more important than raising a child.
It is frustrating that so many parents don't take their job seriously. If we could only work together in an effective triangle of three we would be so much more effective in helping our children. It is important that we set firm boundaries and guidelines and hold our students accountable. How can we do this without our parents?
Don't step off your soapbox, get back on it! I feel like preaching the same serman. Our current government blames teachers for student's current levels of performance, when the problem originates from the home. How can we be expected to teach kids when they don't come to school with the desire or discipline to learn. I think that you are right when you say that the majority of parents are doing a lousy job raising their kids.
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