tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355154204673280534.post7788046361257854878..comments2023-03-22T09:24:02.400-04:00Comments on Hugging the Earth, One Tree at a Time: Don't Talk To Me...Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960353856203224157noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355154204673280534.post-67653135645604593112011-03-01T14:31:13.098-05:002011-03-01T14:31:13.098-05:00Well Said.
My husband is a Reading Specialist an...Well Said. <br /><br />My husband is a Reading Specialist and would agree whole heartedly with the points you have made.HailerStarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04363727004781587143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355154204673280534.post-524627350691170682011-03-01T13:54:24.626-05:002011-03-01T13:54:24.626-05:00You're so right. Parents are a child's fir...You're so right. Parents are a child's first and most important teacher. I consider school to be supplementary to what I teach my son. And one of the most important things you can teach a child is to love to learn. When they love to learn, a motivated child will find ways to learn, even in schools or classrooms that aren't the greatest.<br /><br />I can't believe people actually say that teachers are overpaid! I thought everyone knew that the opposite is true. The majority of teachers care so much about the kids they teach, and imparting knowledge to them is one of their highest passions. It is so unfortunate that standardization inhibits them from teaching at their highest level.<br /><br />The public school system is faulty and problematic. I don't think there are any easy answers to improving it. Seems like where some "improvement" helps some, it also hurts others. I wish all teachers had the freedom to teach interesting and fun lessons every day, so that kids will be excited to learn. I wish that little kids weren't required to do homework or be graded. But you're right, some parents WANT that. <br /><br />I don't care for the complaining, either. I know moms who complained because the had to buy Crayola brand crayons instead of the cheap ones, and because they had to pay a $10 activity fee for the year. I just want to tell them to try homeschool and see how expensive it really is to buy all those learning materials themselves!<br /><br />I actually consider myself a homeschooler even though I want to send my child to preschool two days a week next fall. I think I will always consider myself a homeschooler, even if he ends up going to public school full-time, because I so deeply believe that learning begins at home.Lisa Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00110779167509779880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355154204673280534.post-67514171043109927022011-02-28T21:45:49.345-05:002011-02-28T21:45:49.345-05:00I totally agree with you. Having student taught an...I totally agree with you. Having student taught and worked in public schools, it is very clear which students had parents' support in their education and which did not.Becky Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15999876121558006390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355154204673280534.post-91876679396284720382011-02-28T21:40:38.502-05:002011-02-28T21:40:38.502-05:00My dad is a teacher. My husband is a teacher. Actu...My dad is a teacher. My husband is a teacher. Actually, I taught for a little while too. We all can validate the statement that a child's results (educationally and otherwise) is primarily in the hands of their parents. Teachers will do what they can, and sure some are better than others, but any teacher can tell you that the difference between an A student and a D or F student is not the teacher or the books. It is a combination of the student's motivation (or lack thereof) and his parents' support (or lack thereof).<br />Utah schools tend to turn out good grade results in spite of terrible underfunding...but the pro-family culture has left most kids with good familial support, so they succeed anyway. Kids in 'bad schools' (like yours) with good familial support do well. Kids in 'good schools' with no support don't do so well. <br /><br />And, for the record, homeschool or charter schools or private schools are not inherently better. Charter school scores match public schools. Private schools are usually similar as well, though perhaps somewhat increased (in my view because parents willing to invest money for tuition are also willing to invest time in helping their kids with homework!) And homeschoolers, well, speaking as someone who was homeschooled, let's just say that the range of homeschool results is even wider than public school. Some are the MOST invested parents on earth...and some are the LEAST invested. I've known 10yr olds who could not read, and I've known kids who went to college in their early teens. <br /><br />In short, no generalization is really accurate, and you are right. It all comes back to parents.Jennihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01279308378287322473noreply@blogger.com