What can parents do to help children reach their potential in school?
Checks and Balances in Education vs. Parental Abstinence Education is definitely a community effort. When I say community, I mean it takes equal committment from the school, from the student and from the parent. We all have our roles. If one slips, the other two are there to pick them back up again. It is very simliar to the “Checks and Balances” system of our own government. But do all view it this way? Unfortunately not. Because our roles as teachers, parents and students are abstractly defined, there are no “guidelines” for checking and balancing. It must come from within, and unfortunately not everyone is programmed to do so. I have taught school for over 20 years. In that amount of time I have seen trends come and go. I have seen students that were highly motivated and I have taught students who barely understood what education was about. I have seen students such as this also blossom right before your very eyes. And that happens when the 3 way “community” of school, parents and s
