Don’t turn teachers into scapegoats [View all]
When San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro talked about his success at the Democratic National Convention, he credited his grandmother and his mother. When first lady Michelle Obama looked back at her and President Barack Obama’s success, she credited their respective parents and grandparents.
For success, we credit our families. For failure, we blame the schools. Politicians habitually point to teachers as scapegoats for America’s failure to compete.
A society always reproduces itself through education in the form of socialization. Such education starts at our homes, and then gradually moves into schools or church or other social environments.
The first step to a proper education is to make sure children have internalized values and discipline at home so that they go to school with respect for teachers and knowledge.
Second, education in modern society has been perceived as essential to social mobility and to narrowing inequality.
Because children today are future citizens, they reflect and represent society’s trends. A society that places great emphasis on education should view it as a collective effort made by families, schools, churches and all related agents.
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