I have talked about watching channel one before and I assumed that everyone watches it or at least knows what it is. It is the news channel that comes on everyday of the week for about 10-15 minutes. It talks about issues in the news that concern our students. Anyways, it mentioned grading the parents. (Did anyone else see that) I loved all the feedback that came back from it. They said things like the parents have other things to worry about and should NOT be bothered with it. I almost wanted to laugh out loud in front of the students. I am a parent and I spend 7 hours a day with everyone else’s kid and still come home and work with my son on home work and spending time with him. They said that it was working in one part of Pennsylvania but it didn’t work somewhere else because the questions were to specific or personal. like: how much time do you spend with you student and do you help them on homework. I am beginning to think that teaching is the fall guy for poor parenting. We have to stop giving our students food because their parents haven’t raised them with good eating habits so we have too. The students don’t get enough exercise so make the school make it mandatory for 4 years of gym. We have students that can’t learn or sit in class so they are classified with an IEP or 504 for the teachers to work with. I am sorry to get so mad, but the parents feel that it is our job to teach their kids: respect, good character, courtesy, honor, discipline, and then what ever subject they may actually be teaching. I would love to know how many new programs have been implemented in the last 5-10 just to accommodate poor parenting. We now have Character Counts in the elementary schools; no food in our classrooms at all; No sweet tea served during lunch; and new guidelines just for our school cafeteria to keep our students healthy. Can anyone add any more?? I would love to keep an ongoing list. If you want to watch the Channel One video go to www.channelone.com to watch it on livewire. Thanks for letting me rant.
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Angie Hinson // January 25, 2008 at 2:35 pm |
You have a nice page here, and I am going to have to definitely spruce mine up.
I am going to have to watch channel one because yes, I am out of that loop. As far as what the schools have to do because of what may or may not be poor parenting skills in regard to health issues can attribute also to yes…increased technology. The more the students may know about technology can add to less exercise. I know I get less exercise when I set in front of my computer…Now the Wii game actually does give my family exercise. Plus fast food and healthy eating is an issue that we all face, especially when we get busy. Last year I taught all day and when I got home I was tired, so sure, I had pizza once a week, ordered in the other two nights, and cooked the other nights.
I would get mad if I couldn’t get sweet tea at lunch though….and I sneak candy into my classroom whenever I can.
As far as being a good parent, I try my best. I help my kids with their homework each night and try to teach them respect and discipline and I still want them to be offered instruction at school where the teacher wants respect. It seems to me that adults should all expect whether the adult is a parent or a teacher or both.
Lastly, I think that the kids need 4 years of gym not only for exercise because of health issues but because growing adolescents need to have an outlet, so they don’t have to sit in classrooms all day each day.