I don’t even put the blame on the teachers and the school. This is in the city and the city alone. Those undereducated children are going to be your tax base for a long time.
Mother blames School for her son only passing 3 classes in 4 years.
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I have trained mine to bring me the bad news as fast as possible. I have shown it give us time to make corrections and get to issues quickly
It's all about taking the time and responsibility to raise your kids. Not drop them in front of the TV or send them to school and forget about them. You have to be on them every second until they're about 7 or so.
It's guaranteed that parents who complain about kids older than 8 neglected them during their early years.
Here's a newsflash, you can't unring that bell.
Yep. They have to know that they can come to you with the truth no matter how bad it is and discipline is a price they may have to pay but once paid it's over and done.
Man, earning that type of trust from your children is the ultimate parenting accomplishment. My daughter isn't 100% at always bringing me bad news because she wants to try to correct her own issues, but I can appreciate it when she is willing to face the issues with me and her mom.
I agree. Peer pressure is ferocious and unrelenting. It's a constant battle.
No doubt. I don’t want to shelter her, but I also don’t want her making bad decisions that could harm her in the long run.
Unfortunately, my daughter does lack exposure to the world. The traveling we’ve done has given her perspective, but she has such a cold view about people at times to the point she rather not deal with them.
That is something she has got from me, but I didn’t get like that until I was older.
I'm still trying to figure out how she thought her son failing all these classes meant he was going to graduate?
-Did she not go to high school herself?
-Did she forget how school works?
-Did she not know that if you're failing that means you aren't passing?
-Did she not know her son missed almost a year in school?
-Are her other 2 children failing also?
- Did she not know her kid had miss 270 days of class?
- where was he that whole year? Did she ask him?
*The school failed but she's a BIGGER failure to her son.
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I pulled my kid out of public school about 3 years ago. I remember walking him to his class and I overheard the teacher say to another teacher, "Man, I can't wait till Friday." It was Monday.
But like you said, the dynamics are fucked up. It was lots of single mothers in that joint. Thank you for your service.
So parents don't have to parent correct?
That’s not my argument.
we exist as part of a culture. If the culture is perverse do yoy blame the individuals or the culture itself.
Damn i was gonna write this long well thought out researched response
And then ding*
First round first punch TKO
all i got is at that age they sometimes don't send out the report card?
Cause if she got the progress reports?
I got nothing.
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We are responsible for those that were socially promoted; thus, no one wants to hear that I am trying to get a student who is reading at a 1st grade level (but is fresh as fuk with them future 11’s and tommy polo on...) to pass a culturally irrelevant exam. Plus, they are only there to bullshit all day no matter how much rapport I create or tell them the “game.” I was rated “developing” my first two years because of kids like that.
It’s thankless, but we need a few in the field that genuinely give a damn and want them to see things through for their benefit.
What part of the culture makes you not check report cards and progress reports for 4 years straight?
Dig a little deeper. That is all I’m asking you to do. You read the story, you obviously felt some way about the mother, but I’m asking you to dig a little deeper. I’m not asking you get down to the bone, just peel back the surface level.
The system is built to manufacture cheap labor.I have two cousins who are teachers and the way they talk about it, it's damn near impossible to fail a kid these days. There's no such thing as late assignments anymore, any missed test can be made up, one has to record his online teaching session so students who missed the class can watch it at a later time (even though everyone is remote)
Read this yesterday, the school and mother failed that kid.
We do need people in the field that cares, but we also need support from parents, our state and local government. Folks are literally dropping their kids off at school because it's a supplement for daycare. Look at what this pandemic has shown when it comes to the relationship parents have with their children. Many parents aren't ready to teach their own kids. I get it though because technology and curriculum change over time, which puts parents at a disadvantage unless they have the means and time to get their kids tutoring.
The problem is insanely complex.
Only if she got IVERMECTIN in her system...brah
I know some folks are going to turn this into a "black man hating on black woman" shit, but they can go fuck themselves. Even if the school isn't on top of attendance or any immediate follow ups, you don't ask your kid "hey what did you do in school today?" at least one time in the last four years? I have more questions than outrage at this point because as a parent, she missed some very easy opportunities to be even the most basic parent, and just simply check in with the kid. The only victim in this situation is a kid that didn't have a parent that gave enough of a fuck about him to at least inquire as to how he was doing in school. If I take any type of class, even right now in my 30s, for cooking, coding, fucking needle point...my parents would ask my how I'm doing in the class and if I'm enjoying it.
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Individuals. I grew up in a crazy part of North Philly, but my parents didn't let me be a part of that culture, and they nurtured the nerd shit I was into like board games and science kits. Some folks like this lady just let the streets have their kids, and they go on about their life.
Let's just focus on the kid and the mother's responsibility at the moment. We can discuss "overstanding" systems later.
WHAT responsibility does the MOTHER HAVE?
Very simple question bruh.
My friend that is a teacher calls it the school to prison pipeline. You put them into society with zero skill or knowledge or critical thinking skills, and all they can do it bad.
Stop
Did you have any questions after reading the article?
You had both parents? In North Philly? Do you think you lived a “normal” NP life?
There is more than 1 victim in that story. And if you were bored you can investigate the majority of schools in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Camden, NYC, Boston, etc and realize there is a larger issue affecting millions of black lives here.
Anyone with a .13 was failed by their parents and the school. That shit not even possible......
We can teach them but their personality is their personality. I know the feeling well.
That travel that you mention is very important IMO. They don't realize it but it broadens them just like it does us.
I agree that the mom failed but at what point does the son try? How could he thinki he was graduating? If the school is so bad I’m sure him showing a little effort would’ve made most teachers give him a passing grade.
I'm sure most of y'all missed this additional article that was within the OPs main article. Cot Damn.
6 Baltimore schools, no students proficient in state tests
6 Baltimore schools, no students proficient in state tests
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