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| Alex;
>It amazes me that when a kid does poorly on an assignment, homework or
>test, that a majority of what I hear is along the lines of "Who does she
>think she is? (Referring to the teacher), "What does she expect from
>our kids?" "I'm going talk to her and tell her what I think".
What really got me when I was in school: parents who did the kid's
work! This was very noticable in the big projects, like the science
fair we had every year. We all had graphics to illustrate our
projects. Some were sloppy, some were neat, but some. . .some looked
like a pro had done them.
Because a pro had. Namely, the parent of the kid who just happened to
be a commercial artist!
Why didn't the judges (science teachers from another district) catch
this? Sure, every twelve year old can make a perfectly-lettered poster
with perfect charts for the project. . .and if you believe that, I've
got some real estate to sell you. After the tide goes out.
There I'd be, with my painstakingly lettered posters (I even bought
stencils to make the letters), but my stuff looked like it had been
made by a kid. Because it HAD been made by a kid: me. And the kid
next to me had a project that looked downright professional. Because
it was.
But, when it came down to brass tacks, like the tests we took every
year, I came away with flying colors. The other kids? Not so great,
because Mommy and Daddy weren't there doing the work for them.
I have read that, due to this "help" the kids were getting at home,
some teachers are making the kids do all the work in school; they don't
take it home until it's done and graded.
Gee, the kid does ALL the work! What a concept!
Sylvia
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