Parents

Teachers are professionals. They are professionals just like doctors and lawyers. In a way, teachers act as a doctor and/or lawyer in their everyday job. If a student gets a scrape on their knee at recess or in P.E., they bandage the child up and make sure they're alright. That's something a doctor would do, right? Lawyers give people and companies advice and tell them what they can and can't do in their everyday job. Well, doesn't a teacher do that on an everyday basis? Yes. Teachers are trained just like a doctor and a lawyer would be trained. They're trained on how to do their job and how to do it well. How do you think doctors or lawyers become professionals? They are taught by a teacher to do their job. So, yes. Teachers are professionals just as much as a doctor or lawyer.

I don't think it's okay for a parent to second guess or question a teacher's professional assessment of a situation. The parent should trust what the teacher has to say about a situation.

Students should always take responsibility for his or her actions. They are their own person and can make the decision between right and wrong. They are the person who decides to do what they choose to do.

Parents should not make excuses for their child. Making excuses for your child sets them up for bad habits in the future. I do not think it's acceptable or responsible for a parent to do this.

If a student does not take responsibility for their actions from the beginning of their school career, it is teaching them to blame other people for their actions. Instead of owning up to them and being responsible. This is also something that will set a student up for bad habits in the future.

A time I've failed in a situation and learned a lesson from it is when I've told a lie to my parent and got caught. I learned that I shouldn't have lied and I should've just told the truth. It would have saved me the guilt and trouble that I got into.

This is in response of Mrs. Stevens' Blogger.