Education plays a vital role in society. It is in schools where children are taught discipline, respect, good character, and hard work. Some sectors believe children learn discipline and good manners from their parents but, it is this reason, given the grueling lifestyles many people lead, schools are tasked with molding children into better human beings.
For parents with kids in elementary school, take a look at the content of their textbooks.
A parent said one textbook teaches how to memorize musical notes, while another has them memorizing the acronyms of various government agencies. I wrote about a similar case in a column last year entitled “Schools must focus teaching good values,” where I quoted another parent asking, “Why teach our children what DPWH or DILG means?”
She suggested, “Schools should teach our children good manners.”
Meanwhile, for the aforementioned parent, there was also another book teaching how to memorize parts of a computer. For her, it was silly having kids memorize things for the sake of an exam and, afterwards, have no use for the terms learned.
Why not teach good practices, character enhancement, and respect? Teach kids to swim so they can save lives.
While parents are responsible for raising their children, schools are intended to assist parents in their shortcomings – it’s why they pay tuition fees.
Society is already used to the country’s practices when it comes to education.
One parent described: When school is set to open, education officials promise more classroom buildings; while some politicians give less priority to improving education standards in a likely effort to keep their constituents poor and uneducated.
In addition, many young teachers opt to work in public schools for the higher compensation, a drawback for many middle-sized schools that are left with newbies as teachers – poor students.
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