Parents

    This week on Mrs. Stevens blog, there is controversy of the teacher's side of view and the parent's side of view when it comes to how a student learns and grows.

    As a student intern, I see the different sides of the education process. I see that the parents will more likely listen to their kid over the teacher. I also see that the teacher sees a different side of the child's characteristics. There should be a compromise of the teacher and parent by listening to each other along with helping each side as best as possible.

    When thinking about the professions that are out there, I can think of four immediately. Doctors, Teachers, Architects, and Lawyers. Out of the four, the only one that makes the others exist is teaching. Without teaching, the other professions would be useless. In other words, I believe that being a teacher is the highest of all of the professionals. Of they are not perfect, no one is. everyone makes mistakes, so it is alright to question even the highest paying professionals.   However, the adults are not always to blame. The students are in charge of whether or not their schoolwork gets finished and turned in. In fact, students should take responsibility for their actions once school begins.



    Students can't really learn how to take responsibility for their actions, if their parents are always making excuses for their child. The saying of "Oh, they're just kids" is implying that it is alright to make excuses and not really pull the weight. When these kids grow up, they will not take responsibility and make excuses all of the time.

    By not taking responsibility for one's actions, the affect in the future will be relied on the parents and other responsible people. After a while, there will not be enough responsible people for each excuse maker.