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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The expectation that school is going to do everything and therefore parents can do nothing is the laziest attitude I have ever heard.  You are the one who decided to become a parent: therefore, you parent.  School is not going to notice if your child slips through the cracks.  Have a sense of responsibility and be the parent.  My dad was one of 10 kids and they were dirt poor and wore only charity hand-me-downs and lived in a three-bedroom home rented from their grandfather,
 but you can bet your bottom dollar his parents made sure all their kids were on task, doing their homework, and moving forward in school.  Of the 10, three became lawyers, one a dentist, three accountants, and three teachers.

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A parent who is sick of schools being called to do all things for all people.  Ridiculous.

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The issue is that some parents can’t or won’t do it (however much you disapprove of them) and their children shouldn’t be punished. That doesn’t mean you need to stop taking Jasper to Kumon, it means that basics should be accessible to all children at school including those with parents not able or willing to supplement. [/quote]

What do you mean by "punish?"  I imagine most schools don't "punish" kids who aren't supplemented at home.  Most schools do provide the basics, provided the child is willing and ready to learn.  But you can't expect equal outcomes when some parents supplement at home and others don't.

The families that supplement will collectively do better, obviously, and schools should not be expected to overcome that gap by themselves.  Schools can try to help the kids who aren't supported at home, but expectations need to be more realistic.  There is only so much you can do through the schools.[/quote]

Yeah, it's fine to expect schools to provide the basics as keyed to whatever standards there are w/o demanding that parents also supplement. But then we certainly can't expect equal outcomes and proceed to blame the school for an achievement gap that started far outside the school door. [/quote]

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