Reply #41: you are making some assumptions. i have no issue with tests [View All]

nor accountability. one of the very basis to my character is accountability. one of my issues with this set up is the accountability is placed in the wrong place. the teachers are being made accountable for children and families that they cannot possibly be made accountable for.

one of my greatest issues is parents have seemed to allocate their powers to school. (and police, and govt and anyone else as long as it is not them). consistently and always i make it clear to children, teachers and the schools adm that i do not give them the power over my children, that i take full responsibility for my children and am accountable. we make the schools and teachers accountable to teach children about sex, about drugs and alcohol, about morality, about being studious when the teacher has no power and control over these things. really it is only the parent that has the ability to truly have accountability.

as i have said in other posts, i listened for years about how bad public school was, how bad tenure teachers are, how incompetent the adm is at the schools. i sent kids to private school for 5 years because all i had heard. until i listened more to what the kids were learning in public school compared to our top private. i felt my kids were doing with less while i was paying for it. since sending kids to public, i have been so impressed with all i deal with.

further, i have always been, always will be involved in the schools. i am pta so i am right there knowing what is going on. i volunteer regularly to be a part so i am well known. my child is known by all. i am. and my child that will be coming into the school is known.

conclude: what i am seeing happening with texas leg., school employees, and the school boards i do have faith that they will address the issue, and steps will be made to correct. at what cost. how many will be lost. where we will end up, time will tell.