I have a love/hate relationship with parents, and the scary things is that I am a parent. How do teachers deal with parents and then how do parents deal with teachers? It seems we have arrived at an impasse in the relationship. Let’s start with parents…. What is our job in the education [...]
A major problem in education is poor communication between the various interested parties. What role are parents expected to play? How should financial supporters influence the process? What responsibilities are left to students? Which objectives do teachers give priority? What are the responsibilities of school administrators? Now here’s the thing… if we ran our companies [...]
Does anyone else have those days when nothing seems to get done? Well I have those days often. Maybe it’s just the nature of teaching children (and yes, I am including seniors in high school in that children category) and maybe there is something more insidious going on. Take today for example: I had to [...]