Denise_White's Blog

Is it education or knowledge that's the most important? Education is a cold factory-like conveyer belt, in one door out the other. Plus, public education has had a big part in destroying what use to fun in America, like Christmas. Many are liberals that teach and tend to be unbalanced in their presentation.
Their Unions always support the Democrat. It isn't more money but a return to fair and balanced teaching. A return to respecting the religious as a vital part of the child's development. A return to respecting this country. The public schools have walked all over the trust of parents who as a whole are religious and patriotic, instead they love their socialistic agenda. Is it any wonder that the kids now days have no respect or value honor. More money to an anti-American, anti-religious, anti-conservative, cold institution like the public school is a big BOO BOO! Its knowledge with understanding and applied as wisdom that is the greater goal.

Education begins at home. It is unfortunate that most children don't begin their education until they have reached grade school age. It is the duty and responsibility of parents to start their children out on the right foot long before they reach school age. Start them early by teaching them how to behave in public and how to behave with other children before they are faced with it at age 5. Parents have to be there for their children for the right reasons and not just for the fun things.
Education and knowledge are important for children. They are our future and it is our task to motivate them towards learning when they are young by teaching them and setting the right examples.

Denise_White I think this is a great post, I feel stupid because I just wrote a post titled "Why are police and teachers so underpaid?" I guess, I should check all the blogs first.
I agree they are underpaid, they are responsible for our most valuable resource, our children.

I have friends who are teachers who at times have to spend their own money to buy supplies for their classroom & for children who are not provided for. This bothers me.
I've been told that Asian children who come over here & go to school outperform the American kids by far. This bothers me.
Is this just the way things are in Florida or I wonder if it's this way all over the U.S??

Throwing money at a failed system is "throwing good money after bad money." The N.E.A. is not the solution but at the core of the problam. The trouble is at the top (N.E.A.) not the bottom of the payrolls (teachers). Public school Administration has become a guild unto itself with little or no classroom experience handling students.

The disparity between admistrator's and teacher's salaries is astonishing. To imagine that 160 hours of college credit courses in "Education" ahould qualify a person for the position of Assistant Principal or Counselor with nearly no experience in the classroom is absurd. Money is the least of the needs of this flawed system.

Nothing short of total reorganiztion can reclaim the former successes of our public schools. Asian students? They acheive more because their parents demand it of them.