alt.education

On Sep 5, 10:13 am, Dom wrote:
> The following two letters refer to the front-page news story at:
>
> /news/education/ ,0,
>
> dealing with the "startling decline in test results by Bloomfield High
> School sophomores on an annual statewide [...] Connecticut Academic
> Performance Test."
[snip]

Here is another letter that attempts to blame parents and students for
the current state of pseudo-education.
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/news/opinion/letters/ ,0,

September 9, 2007

Education Is Different Now

In response to the Sept. 1 article that reported the test results of
Bloomfield's 10th-graders [Page 1, "'Soul-Searching' Over Test
Results"]:

Please do not blame the school, the teachers or the principal for the
results. Look at the students and their parents. Parents who don't say
no, cannot get their children to follow their instructions and don't
encourage their children to work hard need to be held responsible for
some of the results. The triangle of education includes teachers,
students and parents.

Many students lack respect for their teachers and the work required
for their futures. Some parents have a difficult time with their
children and are unable to enforce rules and consequences. Other
parents don't encourage their children to complete assigned work and
make excuses when the students fail to do their work. A few parents
ignore calls from teachers. And some parents ride the principal to get
their children better grades.

Schools aren't the same as they used to be and neither are the
students or their parents.

Judith Nielsen, East Granby
The writer is a former biology teacher in the public school system.