[Evil_eyez]

Originally Posted by sugar_sugar

I'm not in eductaion but I can tell you what my husband and BFF have relayed to me (both are teachers, one elementary and one jr high).

The main thing I hear constantly is that the parents don't care. They expect the teachers to be teachers, parents, counselors, tutors, doctors, babysitters...you name it. If a note gets sent home about poor grades/homework not getting done, the parents complain because somehow it's the teacher's fault. If they send a note home for a conference, they don't show. There was even an instance where a teacher HELPED one of his students with some extra credit so she could play in her sport... the parent's response? "Can't you give her a higher grade than that?"

I completely agree with this: "Yes selfishness and other things come into play as well as some of them don't really care about the kids education. This is a very fundamental issue that the Black community is facing."

I have to commend teachers because it is such a difficult profession.. it can't be easy to know that something you do or say can affect a child for a lifetime!

That is the downside to be an educator. Parents feel that it is completely our responsibility to take care of their child. I sometimes think that they forget what a parent is.

nice post sugar_sugar!