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Originally Posted by Slava
I have no issue with this list at all, but I'm most interested in #3. Its not that I think that there isn't a problem here, but I would like to know what teachers think could/should be done in that area. I hope that the answer isn't some generalized "more support from parents" kind of thing, because I really don't see that as an actual solution.
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Gone are the days where a kid can actually have meaningful consequences for bad behavior or poor academic results.
Every single one is coddled. No kid is given a failing grade. All comments have to be provided in a "positive" light. Even though little Jimmy just got 3/30 on his math test.
Basically, there needs to be consequences to actions. Currently, there are virtually none.
Can parent's be more involved? Sure. But I think that is something a good parent does anyways, because they want their child to succeed. I wasn't kidding when I said that a great deal of the population views school as subsidized day care.