| We all want a good education for our kids but, | | | | students obey the rules and, what happen then? |
| some of us don’t let their teachers provide it | | | | The child changes his/her attitude towards society |
| to them. We may be hurting our children by | | | | and is forced to learn good manners and acquire |
| overprotecting them from their educators. Have | | | | the necessary basic knowledge to keep going |
| you ever asked your self why there is so much | | | | forward with his educational life. |
| teacher desertion in the United States? Is not | | | | Remember how it used to be and how the |
| only that teachers salaries are low or because | | | | society was in relation to family values a few |
| they work too hard and don’t get enough | | | | years ago? Some people think that there was a |
| benefits. The truth is that some teachers give up | | | | better educational system but it only was a more |
| and get frustrated trying to educate | | | | strict way to teach. Instructors were less afraid |
| overprotected kids. | | | | of implementing correcting penalties which did |
| There have been cases in which the teacher | | | | work. One thing is to mistreat a child and another |
| abuses his or her authority but over all the | | | | thing is to implement a strict system of rules and |
| percentage is very low and, because it is highly | | | | regulations. The idea is not to punish a child but to |
| publicized, we blame them for the failures in the | | | | guide him and make him understand the |
| educational system. Most of the educators do | | | | difference between right and wrong. A teacher |
| more than what they need to do to provide our | | | | should not have to give up his job or decide to let |
| children with what they need to succeed in school | | | | his students do what they want to do only |
| but they have to stop at certain point because | | | | because, if he doesn’t, he could get fired. We |
| they are afraid of the social reaction to their | | | | should not educate our kids to call 911 every time |
| educational methods which in most cases are | | | | they disagree with an educator. |
| good but “could be” disapproved by some | | | | In order to keep the instructors that we have we |
| parents. | | | | may have to change the rules a little. It could be |
| Teachers are afraid of the children’s parents | | | | good to offer a good salary to teachers but it |
| reaction and the school rarely stands at their side | | | | would help a lot if we help them educate our kids. |
| when an accusation for misbehavior happens. If a | | | | With a better salary we could get more teachers |
| teacher raises his voice to a child the | | | | but if they only do it because of the money they |
| consequences could hurt the educators career. | | | | could perform poorly and contribute to lower the |
| Some children would not hesitate to accuse them | | | | quality of our educational system. Let’s |
| of abuse which it may or may not be true if we | | | | remember that most of the teachers that decide |
| considered the circumstances in which it happens. | | | | to change their career leave because of |
| We, as a society, have been telling children not let | | | | frustration. They are tired of been confronted by |
| teachers make them do what they do not want | | | | bullies that they have in every classroom. It could |
| and, sometimes, is for their own good to obey | | | | be hard for them to contain their frustration |
| the teacher orders. It may be the wrong | | | | every time a student gets away with his wrong |
| message and we may need to start changing our | | | | behavior with out been corrected. |
| strategy for the educational system. I am not | | | | We do not want any abuses in the classrooms of |
| proposing to leave everything to the teachers but | | | | any school but, seems like we are only looking to |
| I think that we should give them a little more | | | | one side. Sometimes teachers are abused by |
| freedom to correct their students. | | | | students and nothing is been done. Special schools |
| When some people see that they have a problem | | | | and boot camps for problematic students are not |
| child they opt by sending them to a military | | | | always approved by their own parents and in |
| school. Do you know what happen in a military | | | | some states require a courts approval. Let’s |
| school? Well, the instructors do what some | | | | remember that a child’s education begins at |
| teachers are afraid to do; correct the child | | | | home and we don’t want our kids to be a |
| problems. The schools are stricter and make the | | | | mirror of our family problems. |