PhDeac
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The education problem is, at its core, a parenting problem. By and large, students with parents who value education and are invested in their success will succeed. Students with parents who are disengaged will typically struggle.
America's education problem is primarily a poverty problem. I think most people who work in education would tell you that immediately.
And what has your prez done to help poverty?
The education problem is, at its core, a parenting problem. By and large, students with parents who value education and are invested in their success will succeed. Students with parents who are disengaged will typically struggle.
Yes, and as income drops, freedom and ability to parent drops as well.
How so? Most people I know with "high" incomes work 60-80 hours per week, and usually both spouses work. That is much less time at home to parent than someone on 8-hour shifts.
they also have money to hire quality caregivers, pay for out of school sports, art, and tutoring, have their own cars as opposed to relying on public transportation, and in many cases have professional jobs where flexibility to parent is allowed as opposed to line jobs where absences to do parenting work are not allowed. It's a lot more complicated than comparing time worked.
I didn't say kids with more resources aren't advantaged in many ways, I was specifically addressing his point that "Yes, and as income drops, freedom and ability to parent drops as well." Say the kid has no sports, art, tutoring, or car. If the parent is working 8 hours a day, that means that the kid is home with the parent the rest of the time. So that time is direct parent-child, which I think most people would argue is more "parenting" than a caregiver, or coach, or art teacher, or tutor can provide. So then the issue squarely becomes good parenting versus bad parenting. So if the kid still fails, then it is directly on that parent, correct? No way to deflect blame on on that nanny, coach, art teacher, or tutor.
You're right. We should ignore the money part of the equation and just blame it on the poor parenting of poor people. that way we don't have to spend any money to help those sorry sacks of shit.
Or, we can bend over backwards to excuse bad parenting and just keep throwing taxpayer money at a problem that is not improving. Because, after all, that means we don't have to hurt anyone's feelings or confront them with the reality that they are doing a bad job, as they are simply the victim of bad crcumstance. Which is really the ultimate goal in today's society.
what's your solution