Comments on: Lawmaker Wants Teachers To Grade Parents

By: Concerned parent

Concerned parent — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 07:17:19 +0000

My child has missed a lot of days due to illness that is very well documented. She has problems with some math work. I understand it very well, but when I try to explain it to her, she doesn’t understand my method. I sent the teacher a note asking her to help my daughter. She sent me one back saying that the only reason she is having problems is because of her absences and that if she needs help, SHE has to ask for it, not me. So my daughter asked her for help and she was told to “tell your mother that she will have to send me a note”. I will send her another note asking for help, but in the meantime, my daughter is falling behind because her teacher is giving us the run around on it.

Is this grading going to take into consideration the mental and physical capacity of the parents? I don’t like it.

By: robert

robert — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:33:36 +0000

I have a one income family with 3 school age kids. i work 8 to 10 hrs a day 5 to 6 days a week so there is really no time to be involved with school for me. My wife is involved with it on a daily basis. the school is operated during the times i have to work so in order for me to be involved with anything my kids do is hard. But there are other ways to be involved with your kids. i started coaching little league in 2001 and at that time my oldest kid was 6 months old. There are ways to be involved not just with your own kids but others as well. They need to see positive role models in scjool and on the fields of play. I also started coaching football 3 years ago and i don’t even have a little boy all i have is girls. SOONER OR LATER WE ALL HAVE TO WAKE UP AND REALIZE THAT THE KIDS ARE WHAT MATTERS THE MOST AND WE NEED TO BE THERE FOR ALL OF THEM NOT JUST OUR OWN.

By: commonsense

commonsense — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:55:10 +0000

JOE summed it all UP!!!!!!

By: concerned mom

concerned mom — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:38:02 +0000

I believe we are moving towards a Communist government everyday. As a parent, I think a parent plays a big role in children’s success at anything they do. School is just a small portion of their life. To me, just trying to raise a child in this idiot world is more challenging than what school has to offer; however, a lot of the challenges of the world comes from their peers at school. I am not a teacher (thank God) but teachers do not need another load added to their lap, since our fine government decided to grade them upon success of FCAT. We are headed down a long road with more communistic ways of life. This is so unfare to teachers and to those parents who do their best. It takes both for a child to be successful; however, all a student needs is a foundation layed before them and a lot of positive re-enforcement. I understand not every child can get these characteristics, but parents should not be graded nor punished. Just remember how a parent is raising their children is probably how they were raised and it would take a major world turning to trace back and try to change everyone’s parenting skills. Just remember this is why we are still here, none of us are perfect and when GOD gets ready for perfection we will all be gone in a blink of an eye. Pray for our teachers and our parents!!!!!!

By: not paid to get grade

not paid to get grade — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:57:46 +0000

Parents should not need a grade unless you are going to pay them as well as you pay the Teachers !

By: Randon

Randon — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 05:01:04 +0000

What Joe said! Ah-men!!!!!

By: Dolores Coker

Dolores Coker — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 03:17:14 +0000

As a educator I agree parents should be held accountable for their child academic failure. I’m so tired of hearing it’s the teacher fault. It sure is not! I believe learning starts at home and carries over to school. Teachers and parents need to be partners in making sure children succeed academically. So yes I think it would be awesome if parents receive a grade after all they play a valuable part in their child life.

By: schoolmate

schoolmate — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 02:39:08 +0000

well if they had teaching testing back in the 70’s not many teachers would pass-unless it involved sports–I made b’s and c’s without opeining any books after the 9th grade-go figure– we spent the time on the field and in the gym to win the games, so now it has caught up with me because the homework my child brings home is beyond anything I can help with. But that doesn’t mean I’m a bad parent

By: Bryan Bethea

Bryan Bethea — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:31:55 +0000

It was YOUR choice to bring a child into the world. Shouldn’t it be YOUR responsibility to make sure your child is as well prepared as possible to succeed? And yes, you are paid by the government for having children. Let us not forget the nice per-child tax deduction you get to take every single year. These tax credits result in many, many people who have little income getting whopping tax refunds. Do you realize that close to 50% of the population pays ZERO federal income tax because of this?

Those of us without children are subsidizing your child rearing, so as a a childless taxpayer I should be entitled to know that my tax dollars are being spent wisely. The purpose of education is not only to benefit the child but also to benefit society at large. If I am seeing no benefit shouldn’t I be allowed to reinvest my money elsewhere so I may see a return in the future?

By: art

art — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:47:51 +0000

what joe said…