Listen to the news these days and you will hear lots of fault and blame. In education you will hear fault and blame pointing toward the teachers. Too much homework, not enough homework, too little test preparation, too much test preparation, teachers just are not motivating our kids.

If you think any of these things, I will not argue. I will just say, if you have not spent a day at a local school, you do not understand the situation. I challenge everyone to spend a day at a public school as a volunteer especially a middle or high school. Sure lots of us volunteer at our child’s elementary school. The secondary schools need it more, however.

Keep an eye on the quantity of work done in the classroom and the quantity of wasted time. See how the students respond to directions. See how they respond to instruction. Then share your comments here on what you see. Watch a secondary P.E. class. Count the assignments completed in Science class. Read some of the papers completed in an English class.

So many of us are prone to form opinions without first hand information.

Blessings,

BE