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[quote=Anonymous]A teacher I work with called home because one of their students was skipping class, swearing, throwing stuff. The parent said to the teacher, “maybe you’re not interesting enough.” The paradigm has to change. Parents need to reinforce that their child’s job is to learn. Teachers’ job is to teach. Not to like their students. Not to entertain the students. Teachers’ job is to prepare students for a job, the military or higher education etc., to be responsible so they can lead a productive and meaningful life. We have to stop asking schools to be all things to all kids. We need more specialized programs inside schools along with separate programs and more awareness and development of different pathways for kids with real barriers to learning, including significant learning or mental health needs. What we don’t need is to reinforce the idea that students don’t bear any responsibility for their own outcomes. Nor do we want to shame them if they’re not on a highly academic track. At my own large urban high school in a different state, students could learn how to be hair stylists, auto mechanics, construction workers, coders or teaching assistants in the same building as students shooting for high-caliber universities. Many of my classmates, the ones who went to top colleges as well as the ones who chose a more vocational route, still live and work in that community and are friends with one another and are fulfilling a variety of community needs. Few students were truant or wandering halls in my high school because they felt successful and were working toward goals they felt they could achieve and wanted for themselves. Communities also need highly trained doctors etc. and thus schools need to offer those students challenging classes that will prepare them for college and higher education so they too can serve in those capacities. [/quote]

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