ScreamingEagle
Gold Member
- Jul 5, 2004
- 13,399
- 1,707
- 245
The T, I'm a teacher...you don't have to tell me that this should be coming from the parents. And in many cases, it isn't.
One of the things I most respected about Obama while he was running was the fact that he said on several occasions that he could raise teachers salaries, lower classroom size, give every kid a laptop, etc. etc....but unless parents made their kids put down the video game controller and do their homework...it wouldn't matter.
Unfortunately...its a whole lot easier to say that than it is to find some way to MAKE parents take an active interest in their child's education and to make them be responsible parents.
Obama's speech was nice...I don't actually think it will accomplish anything (other than the little controversy it stirred which gave us all something to talk about for a few days).
Being a teacher....how many other politicized "lesson plans" are sent to you directly through the Education Dept. pipelines....?