#4 Elizabeth | 2006-09-03 23:17
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I've done substitute teaching in public schools and I spent a semester teaching in an
allegedly "Christian" school. I had thought of getting a teaching certificate, and thought
about it and thought about it, finally realizing that I really wasn't committed enough
to put up with more Education courses as well as the indentured servitude of "Student
Teaching."
Parents have the DUTY and the RESPONSIBILITY to instruct their children in morals and
duties PRIMARILY by example. I don't know about you, but my parents told me a lot of
things and then went and contradicted most of what they told me by behaving like
bratty toddlers with each other and with me. (btw, both were in elementary school
in 1945, so they were early Baby Boomers, not "Greatest Generation.")
If you are a parent you should be visiting your child's school, both during the school day
-- drop in at least a couple of times every school year and ask to sit in on some classes --
and at parent conferences as well as scheduled group events such as open houses. Meet your
children's teachers. Talk with them. If your children are in public school, research the
local alternatives -- just in case. (Also try to drop by during lunch and take a look at what
goes on during recess or whatever the middle school or high school might call outdoor free
time during the day. If there are fights, you need to know this, especially if the teacher or
teachers on duty can't control the children.)