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[quote=Anonymous]Oh the parents. Exhausting in so many ways. I assumed (my fault, I know) that everyone wanted the best for the kids and was willing to do what they could to make it happen. Nope, nope, nope. I feel like the education system has taken over so many responsibilities that used to belong to parents. I make sure my kid gets to school on time. That is part of my job as a parent. It is not part of my job to make sure everyone else gets their kids to school on time. Yet a large chunk of my EOY evaluation includes student test scores. I work in a school with a chronic absentee problem. Students are habitually absent or late and there are no consequences for that except for me and my fellow teachers. I can't teach if students don't come to school or if they miss my class. We have collaborative team meetings to address this issue. We talk about it weekly. We bend over backward to try to fix this problem but at the end of the day, this is a parent issue. [/quote]
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