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The Alabama Board of Education Had Best Clean Up Its Act
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RE: The Alabama Board of Education Had Best Clean Up Its Act
(August 25, 2017 at 10:22 pm)Tres Leches Wrote:
(August 25, 2017 at 1:54 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: While it's true that funding and pedagogical approaches can and do factor into student performance, I think that the two most important educators in a child's life are his or her parents.

Yeah, parents definitely should be involved as much as they are able to be. What about parents who have to work long hours or two jobs to support their households or are absent altogether? Those kids should still have access to a quality education.  I'm a role model in many ways (or I try to be one lol) but my daughter's teachers have her for 35 hours a week. They see her more than I do Monday-Friday. They are trained professionals who've gone to school to learn how to best impart information. I'm good in my own job but teaching is not in my wheelhouse. In my opinion, the biggest factors impacting whether or not a student gets a good education are the quality of teachers and the quality of teacher education.

-Teresa

I wasn't casting judgement in offering my opinion, nor was I arguing for reduced funding. I worked my ass off as a single father to both provide for my son, and provide him with a broad range of experiences to feed his curiosity, but I understand that my situation was my own and not that of others.

It doesn't change the fact that parents are the most important teachers a child has. Children look to parents first, and trust them the most.

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RE: The Alabama Board of Education Had Best Clean Up Its Act - by Thumpalumpacus - August 25, 2017 at 11:01 pm

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