Tell us how you feel about the notion of punishing parents if their children are failing in school. Which of the proposals described in the article, if any, seem sensible to you? That is, should parents be graded, as has been proposed in Florida; forced to do school volunteer work, as has been proposed in Indiana; fined if children are truant, as is currently done in Alaska; or forced to attend parenting classes if the child is in a gang, as is currently done in California? What complications might judging parents in any of these ways raise?
- I think to a certain extent that is may possibly be the parents fault if the student is failing. Maybe its just that the parent works 3-4 jobs and is unable to be there to help with homework. Then it can also be the students fault because it is up to them to complete all assignments in the classroom and also up to them to ask for extra help. I think it would be just wrong to punish the parent for the child's learning ability, what is the child is special needs? will there be exceptions for those parents? Parents shouldn't be fined is their child is truant from school, the fine should be placed directly on the child. Parents whom children are involved in gangs should not be forced to take parenting classes because its not entirely their fault. Teens will make choices (not saying that joining a gang is a right choice) but parents should not be held responsible for all of their child's mistakes. Putting this law into effect will raise a lot of questions on exactly how will this effect the other students who seem to be doing well in school. I necessarily dont think a lot of these choices will effect everyone the same way. It just seems like the blame for failing students had to be placed on someone particular and it was placed on the parents. I think the teachers play a huge part in this effort. If the teachers aren't doing their jobs then how is it possible for the students to pass?
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