Education: What Are Kids Really Learning!

In today's society there are so many kids that can't read, write, do simple math, or complete sentences, yet alone speak English. As an educator your required to be mother, father, counselor, priest, and friend to kids who would rather curse you out, skip class, do drugs or drop out all together. I mean think about it, since when did we start allowing kids to come to school dressing like hookers, pimps, thugs, not being able to speak English, wearing ankle monitoring bracelets, and kids who are 21 years old. Meaning that their over grown ass should be in someones military, job placement program, night school, or college. Parents want you to fix their children and teach them, but what happens when your child doesn't want to learn and if they cuss you out and refuse to listen to you, do you think that they are really going to let their teacher tell them what to do? Some teachers are able to reach these kids and save them from themselves, but so many fall through the cracks. Teacher's are being forced or pressured to have kids memorize answers for the CRCT and if the kids don't pass that's your job! Why aren't the parents being held accountable? When I was in school, you got homework with examples and you could bring the book home. Parents checked your homework and teacher's made sure you knew what you were doing. Now a days some teachers are just in it for a paycheck and to pay off their student loans. Parents can't help because they either can't read, can't write, or they work to many jobs and they see it as the teachers job and not theirs. It takes a village to raise a child and if you want your child to be successful, you need to take a more active role in their education and their future. It's not just the teachers job, it's your job and your God given duty to prepare your child for success and the real world. Randomly Yours, Raven Storm