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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was talking to one of my neighborhood FCPS teacher who mentioned that there are lazy parents who can't get their kids to do basic homework, no daily reading, etc... no afterschool prep to get them ready for school. Teacher's teen daughter is a tutor at out local Kumon center that DC attends.

Same with older's basketball coach. No Prepp, no play minutes. DC learnt it the hardway. Now they prepp alot, and are on the court more and get a few baskets every single game, while the unprepared players and their parents just sit and watch, and ofcourse cheer for entire team.  [/quote]
Couldn't have said this better. Lazy and irresponsible parents foolishly assume they can outsource their parenting responsibility to public school teacher and team coach, and invest no time into prepping their child at home.  [/quote]

Imagine two full time working parents with three kids, it's not lazy or irresponsible if you can't sign up for every tutoring sessions.

There is a tendency to convert an economic discussion into a moral discussion, if someone is not doing well it must be they are lazy and/or irresponsible.  So much judgment, so little help. [/quote]
How are the full-time working parents with three kids managing to find time to pick up/drop off, visit grocery stores, prepare meals that kids prefer, launder kids' clothes, play tic-tac-toe, watch favorite TV shows along with kids, drive them to restaurants, drive to games, and a million other activities for their kids, but can't find time to ensure their kids do their homework? And instead dump that specific part of their parenting responsibility on the no-cost public school teacher? [/quote]

I don't think you can lable those parents "lazy and irresponsbile", if they did all those thing you alleged, right? [/quote]
The point is if two parents find it overwhelming to ensure their child completes their math homework, it's unreasonable to expect a single public school teacher to compensate for upto two dozen ill-prepared students who arrive at their class without completing math homework and extra practice, as needed. Whether a child is gifted or not, it's the parents' responsibility to prep them in math lesson already taught by providing sufficient math practice at home or through external tutor/enrichment. Irresponsible parents are those who believe their child is so gifted that they don't need to practice math at home and then unfairly blame the public school teacher when grades suffer. Mastery of math requires prepping beyond the limited classroom time, and it's up to the parents to facilitate this.
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