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Their contention is that teachers do not provide lessons that are interesting enough for their children to be totally involved and that the school through examinations and streamings of classes have unfairly located children from certain backgrounds into unfavourable classes; usually the last classes.
I have argued about this matter in my previous entries and now I think it is about time to scrutinize the roles of the parents, who indeed should be good role models to their children, in this illegal group business that has got some mothers crying and wailing for their convicted children and calling them quote, 'angels!'
Now first of all let's look at the reality of the matter. If children were 'angels' they would not be doing things that are against the law. That's that!
Next let's look at the roles of the parents in bringing up their children in order to ensure that they don't grow up to become hooligans and gang members. Parents should first and foremost be in the know of their children's whereabouts. For example, early in the morning before their children go to school, make it a point to find out if they have extra classes after school or any other events organised by their schools. It really doesn't hurt for parents to ask about what their children's day is going to be like.
In fact it also doesn't hurt for these parents to find out where their children are after school, what they are doing and especially who they are hanging out with. Parents have the responsibility and the right to ensure that their children have friends that will have a positive influence on them. Parents, who have their children for most of the day compared to teachers in school, should have a larger responsibility in knowing more about their children. After all, they are their children!
Parents should also make it compulsory for their children to do their school work given by the teachers; spend some time to go through their exercise books to see if they have completed these work (or to see if teachers have marked their children's work!) While they are keeping an eye on their children doing the school work, parents should also show that they too have good learning habits, even though they are old. The simplest example that these parents can show is by reading the newspaper (or pretending to read it!) Parents, after all, make the best role models.
There are many other things that parents of these children can do to ensure that their children don't fall into the wrong side of the law rather than blaming other people, like the teachers in schools, for the things only they can do best; that is to teach these children!
In fact it also doesn't hurt for these parents to find out where their children are after school, what they are doing and especially who they are hanging out with. Parents have the responsibility and the right to ensure that their children have friends that will have a positive influence on them. Parents, who have their children for most of the day compared to teachers in school, should have a larger responsibility in knowing more about their children. After all, they are their children!
Parents should also make it compulsory for their children to do their school work given by the teachers; spend some time to go through their exercise books to see if they have completed these work (or to see if teachers have marked their children's work!) While they are keeping an eye on their children doing the school work, parents should also show that they too have good learning habits, even though they are old. The simplest example that these parents can show is by reading the newspaper (or pretending to read it!) Parents, after all, make the best role models.
There are many other things that parents of these children can do to ensure that their children don't fall into the wrong side of the law rather than blaming other people, like the teachers in schools, for the things only they can do best; that is to teach these children!
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