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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These naep proficiency percentages are unacceptable.  Even 50% proficiency rate would be unacceptable.

We don't need foreign language to be taught in school.  Families that want that can do it outside or school.  We need much higher percentage of students proficient in math.[/quote]

No. Students need a well-rounded education. Some kids just need a reason to go to school in the morning and math isn't usually the inspiration for that. It's classes that interest them which is why electives are so important including world languages. Parents need to do their part at home. I see so many complaints on this board like "school didn't teach my kids times tables, now they are failing. MCPS is the worst."

....when they could have easily helped by reinforcing and practicing at home. [b]Parents USED to do this.[/b] Now they expect schools to do everything including raise them, feed them, deal with their social/emotional problems, etc. [/quote]

No, they didn't.[/quote]

I’ve been a teacher for 33 years. Yes, they absolutely did. Parents used to be much more involved in every aspect actually. [/quote]

Teachers tend to assume anything about parents that will absolve them of any responsibility. Today's parents spend more time with their kids than their own parents did with them. What has happened is income inequality leading to more needs in the public school population and fewer middle and upper class kids.

https://news.uci.edu/2016/09/28/todays-parents-spend-more-time-with-their-kids-than-moms-and-dads-did-50-years-ago/[/quote]

DP-not true. But is NOT my job to potty train your child, make sure your child gets to school (the extra amount of work for absences for teachers is insane) somehow your kid being chronically absent is my job to deal with, pass your kid with they dont do anything, be a counselor, raise your kid....

You're on the defense because this actually probably applies to you in one way or another. The good parents ARE out there and they are doing their jobs. They see what is happening with the other students. They don't brag about doing the very bare minimum in raising kids.

My job is to teach. I do this bell to bell. Do you know how many other tasks I also have to do because parents refuse to do more? You absolutely do not.

Keep blaming teachers though. Seems to be working well for you. Nothing is ever your fault. [/quote]

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