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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Even when parents care”.

Sorry but caring is an action word, you demonstrate care and caring. Not merely say it.

It is not a concept you willy nilly say that you are, yet do nothing to show that you care. [/quote]

Well, the parents cared enough to leave their country and families to come here so their children could live a better life. They care enough to work 2-3 jobs to house and feed their kids. I wish that they understood better how to support their kids’ education and how being educated helps break a lot of cycles but we can’t say they objectively “don’t care” because they do not have those skills or experiences. Many of my students’ parents have an elementary education  and aren’t literate themselves. [/quote]

I’ve taught in some really rough schools and many parents don’t care. To be honest very few of my students were raised by their parents plural let alone one parent.  The stories of abuse broke my heart, the level of sexual activity at a young age that families knew about was alarming, and the attendance was atrocious.  I won’t post specific anecdotes on here because it would be identifiable but kids have been in serious medical conditions and parents couldn’t bother to come to thr hospital, etc.[/quote]
NP. There are title 1 schools with majority ESOL students and those with majority generational poverty US citizen students. I think you teach at the latter and the PP you are replying to at the former. 
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