Why do kids today not value their education? I know this does not apply to all kids, but I am referring to regular high school kids. Not the ones taking Pre-AP or AP, just the ones trying to get by. Why does our educational system teach to the lower or mid tier? Why are we expected to find a way to pass the children. Why aren't they held more accountable?
Quote for the day -
"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure."-- Colin Powell
I don't think the kids today are learning from failure. I think they don't care or mind if they fail. They don't value their education.
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15 years ago
You pose some really heavy and important questions. I feel like today's kids are too 'protected'. Not sheltered because they are exposed to all kinds of stuff that goes on in the world through the mass media available to them. But they are protected by way of knowing they can get away with it without much consequence. I always find everything so interesting -- it baffles me when others don't share the same spirit of curiosity.
ReplyDeletehmmm...holding kids accountable... Would that mean requiring students to complete and turn in homework? Some campuses don't allow teachers to grade homework now. I don't think I agree with that because students are not being held accountable. I also love when parents will admit their student did something wrong, but complains they are getting any kind of punishment. Do parents hold their kids accountable for anything at home? I hope I hold my kid accountable when he is older!!
ReplyDeleteMore questions.....are we helping build another generation for "economic bailouts" -
ReplyDelete"Please give us another chance, our high school teachers never held us accountable." We just need a little over a billon dollars of your, the american public...including the teachers of America's money."
We should be teaching how to accept failure and what to do after we fail, not finding ways to keep kids from failing. Failing does build success....Or is that just a myth?