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Originally Posted by Lune
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Again my wife is a teacher and it is more complicated than that. When it comes to behavior, it's mostly God awful terrible parents who do absolutely nothing to guide their child's behavioral development, and then when their little animal runs into problems with the school, the parents lash out at the staff rather than look inward. And districts tend to placate parents.
It's like an extension of the NIMBYism that is destroying blue states, except it's "Not My BabY!", a culture of complete narcissism, neglect, and lack of self awareness. In Washington, my wife will be part of a union, be paid twice as much, and work primarily with the children of the wealthy. So I'm eager to see how that pans out culturally and if parents are still shit.
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I agree on the shit parent contributing
But from what I’ve seen in AZ public schools, the material is more than adequate to get the kids into college. Bantering about classes is something I do with every kid I talk to at school pretty much
What’s make or break isn’t the material, it’s the kid giving a shit or not. For kids that are struggling, public schools offer study hour and tutoring. Once again though, what matters is whether the kid cares about their education or not (and not for the same reason as a parent might. Sometimes the reason is to not disappoint their parent or to get some reward)