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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]

If I were a school administrator or teacher I would do all I can to mitigate the deficits that kids are dealing with (largely through no fault of their own). But only parents/ caregivers can prepare kids to absorb the material at school. To the extent a parent can’t or won’t, then all-of-society must step up.  These are not problems that a school can or should be expected to solve. [b]Schools can’t solve housing insecurity, two-income trap, unsafe ‘hood, econ inequality writ large, etc. All schools can do is mitigate, but mitigation, by definition, will never be enough.  Until we address the broader social ills, this is as good as it gets.[/b]

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Totally agree with the bolded. And, as a society we should want to tackle these problems even if, in a sense, it seems "unfair" and that the kids parents are getting a free ride for not doing what they ought to do. We should want to tackle these problems because it's going to make our society better if we do. I'm not particularly motivated by notions of equity or thinking of the poor children who will never get a chance. But I'm very motivated by the idea that if we raise everybody up, we'll be living in a much more functional society, and we won't have to hide in gated communities to enjoy it. [/quote]

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