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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is well and good that people think parents should be teaching this at home.  What about parents who are not able to do this--maybe they have two jobs, or have health or other problems, or don't have a lot of schooling themselves.  Are their kids just not supposed to learn these things? [b] This is a school's job to teach and if they can't teach basic math facts to mastery they are not teaching.[/b]  [/quote]

uh - I'm a teacher in a "low performing" high school.  And while we do our best to make certain that the majority of the learning is done w/in the classroom, we aren't following kids home to help them study. Number sense can be taught in school. Memorization requires time - preferably a chunk of time in a quiet place. You don't understand the difference?

So yes, my students work.  Many parents work two jobs. They have odd hours.  Older siblings often watch younger siblings.  Many live in poverty.

But to EXPECT teachers to become responsible for society's ills is ridiculous, and you look like an ass posting what you did.  not very smart, are you?  [/quote]

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