Everyone reading this who is a parent or wants to become one:
Supplement your child's education. Don't just help them with homework, raise the bar on their homework. Don't know something? Research it. I'm not even a parent and I'm constantly looking up things to challenge my nephew's education.
I played a little baseball in high school and have researched baseball drills religiously to give my oldest nephew good baseball advice and training. Hours upon hours of drills, picking which ones make sense, and building a foundation of that in him, all so he improves.
Everyone constantly complains about how they don't have enough time to work, parent, have lives. The most important thing you are, is a parent. Your children trump everything. Invest in them. They don't need flashy gadgets and gizmos, they need to thrive in a world that's flipped upside down.
Rant over. Nothing more triggering than parents who just blame schools instead of trying to do right by their kids.
You are most certainly correct that the most important role is that of being a parent, if one has kids (or kids in their sphere of influence, such as yourself.
Yes! And go to the school board meetings -- you are not only a parent but a taxpayer as well. So, you should at least know what's being done within your schools, that you are paying for!
All taxpayers should attend, but parents have a double stake.
My husband and I can get a lot of education done just taking a trip to one of the state parks or even a day spent in the family garden: science, math, history, English (speaking/listening/thinking skills), PE, even the arts and foreign language. Hell, that's nearly the entirety of K-12 curriculum in one fun, family afternoon outing!
Beautifully said.
I constantly talk to my wife and bring up homeschooling at least until a certain age. I am not about to let my future kids be sabotaged by the butchers currently in the system.
As a teacher and you are 100 percent right. All of my best students they had homes that really valued education like you. While I was Teaching elementary grades all the successful students came back from weekends usually giving me a cool lesson about something they did with their relatives. Their interest in learning only kept on growing
Everyone reading this who is a parent or wants to become one:
Supplement your child's education. Don't just help them with homework, raise the bar on their homework. Don't know something? Research it. I'm not even a parent and I'm constantly looking up things to challenge my nephew's education.
I played a little baseball in high school and have researched baseball drills religiously to give my oldest nephew good baseball advice and training. Hours upon hours of drills, picking which ones make sense, and building a foundation of that in him, all so he improves.
Everyone constantly complains about how they don't have enough time to work, parent, have lives. The most important thing you are, is a parent. Your children trump everything. Invest in them. They don't need flashy gadgets and gizmos, they need to thrive in a world that's flipped upside down.
Rant over. Nothing more triggering than parents who just blame schools instead of trying to do right by their kids.
You are most certainly correct that the most important role is that of being a parent, if one has kids (or kids in their sphere of influence, such as yourself.
Yes! And go to the school board meetings -- you are not only a parent but a taxpayer as well. So, you should at least know what's being done within your schools, that you are paying for!
All taxpayers should attend, but parents have a double stake. My husband and I can get a lot of education done just taking a trip to one of the state parks or even a day spent in the family garden: science, math, history, English (speaking/listening/thinking skills), PE, even the arts and foreign language. Hell, that's nearly the entirety of K-12 curriculum in one fun, family afternoon outing!
Beautifully said. I constantly talk to my wife and bring up homeschooling at least until a certain age. I am not about to let my future kids be sabotaged by the butchers currently in the system.
I'm still holding out hope that we live near an affordable private school with good numbers.
As a teacher and you are 100 percent right. All of my best students they had homes that really valued education like you. While I was Teaching elementary grades all the successful students came back from weekends usually giving me a cool lesson about something they did with their relatives. Their interest in learning only kept on growing