35,000 kids miss school every day. Do we blame them or blame the parent(s)? Or the system? 7 parents already jailed for truanting children now more likely to become feral. How wise is this?
Education should be an open-hearted invitation rather than a closed-minded imperative.
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I personally think the system is to blame. I played truant for the final two years of school simply because the classes were too big and too filled with pupils who weren't interested in being taught by teachers who had no idea how to make a class interesting. I decided I was better off creating my own education outside of the system.
My own daughter refused to go to school from age 14 because of the bullying she was experiencing. Rather than 'drag her there kicking and screaming' (as one friend thought I should do) and countless threats of fines/prison, I kept her at home and fought my position. Eventually the authorities caved in and gave her a few hours private home tuition a week. People told me she'd fail everything because she wouldn't bother to work without the pressure of a teacher watching over her all the time, but she got her head down, followed the curiculum and passed her GCSEs. For her, working in the home environment was far easier than mainstream school could ever have been.
As for imprisoning parents of truants, that's absurd. Do they think those children would be better cared for in foster homes? We know from experience that most children actually show a marked increase in problem behaviour when placed in foster homes. If it really is a matter of parents not caring enough about their kids to give them any kind of education then surely educating them would be far better than imprisoning them?
The education system, as it is today, truly sucks!
Thanx Sharon; at least you and yours tried to 'suckitandsee`! If you've trained dogs and not just for Crufts, you'll know the first thing you learn is about the indidual dog's characteristics. Yes, it will have the usual doggy traits like the need for guidance and obedience but you've only got to watch a a litter of puppies or kittens to discern real differences in charcter and behaviour patterns. Yet with kids we still confuse standards with standardisation. How insulting to the uniqueness of each learner. Too many rats in one cage bite each other. So Sharon, your comments of class size well taken. And congratualation for being a good mum and for rearing good students of life!
Best blessings in best lessons. Less bark, less bite! For free-thinking in education try Heretics Press
Christopher
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