Public schools=bad teachers?

wow, shocking as it is, i was just talking to my english teacher about this same thing this past week! if you notice its pretty much a parent that should be blamed if anyone is to truely be blamed. the children that sleep in class is that not just a reflection on the manners that their parents well apparently didn't teach their children. it does bug me that parents think they can teacher better than a TEACHER who went to school to learn how to properly TEACH! but what can you do about it?

Some students are. I think it's a mixture of both actually. Some teachers are just to old to be teaching anymore and their negitive attitude grates on the kids. I've had teachers like that but I've also had teachers that make students laugh all through the class.

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I agree that students take for granted public schools, but part of a teachers job is making the student passionate about the subject. I've known and had teachers who are inspirational to students. A friend of mine had a teacher who, for lack of a better phrase, made learning fun. She shot up from a 2.3 to 4.0 gpa. So while public schools would certainly be better if students put more into them, but it's a teacher's duty as well.

I think a lot of parents are also moving their kids to public schools because they have advanced classes etc that public schools dont have. I wanted to go to a private school, but it wasnt because I had bad teachers, its because there were no AP classes and I wasnt being challenged enough in the gen ed classes that I was in.

Francesca Chambers

Yes she blogger has a pt. The bigger problem is the culture in our schools... maybe a few children need to be left behind to convince the rest its worth putting a little effort into their education.

We do have problems with bad teachers and teachers unions in a few places. But its not a pervasive problem outside of New York, and other large places where teachers unions rule the roost.

There are some teachers who just can't teach. At my old high school, the teachers there were great, but when I moved, I found the teachers to be worse. Honestly, it depends on the school and the students. My old school was big and full of students who were willing to learn, while my new one is smaller and full of less motivated students.

Homeschooling is a great way to get your child ready to fail out of college.

I think what it really comes down to is parents feeling that their jobs as educators stop when their child steps foot into a school. It doesn't. Parents must stay active in a child's education so that the child doesn't feel as if he is in it alone.

--Mike

It is very important for the students to take an active role in their education, and - if necissary - for their parents to aid them in doing so. A couple of my teachers were amazing teachers and they used good methods to try to get the students more involved, but they got a lot of crap because so many students today just blow it off.

Peace
Tahni

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For the most part teachers know what they are doing. But students have to have the will to want to learn. And that goes back to the parents. Parents can't just send their children to school and hope for they to see the importance of an education and learn. They have to instill the value of an eduycation into their children. How can student be expected to learn if they don't know why it is important from the beginning?

agree.. you are so right, although there are some very bad teachers, most of the teachers i have had have being pretty good. Even thaugh there are some who deserve to be fired. i have enjoyed my years in the pblic school system

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