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“It takes a village to raise a child.” This resonates in so many ways in today’s society. Parents may work when children are small, allowing babysitters, schools, and others to help teach important lessons. From the early years, no matter where the lessons originate, children need to learn responsibility, how to work independently on assignments, and as groups on some things.
Children begin to learn responsibility very early. Parents demonstrate it by showing the children how to cook, do laundry, shop for necessities, and balance life itself. The beginnings of language and how to function as a human being come from the home, but are enhanced by everyone with whom the child has contact. From the parents, the child learns a primary language to use at home and in the community until he or she encounters others who know a different language. The child may then learn in preschool or a religious education program some basic tenets of how a society can work and how to best interact with others. Schools build on this platform as the child goes through primary and elementary education by defining key terms of social interaction. Homework at these early ages can reinforce personal responsibility. However, teachers may need to contact parents regularly to create a team in being sure students complete the assignments. If this comes about respectfully between both sides, students can begin to witness teamwork. Throughout the school system, children need to learn to rely on themselves as they grow. Often, homework teaches them the trick. Some learn it by taking up a musical instrument and making themselves accountable either to the teacher by logging practice time or to those for whom they practice at home by so doing. By bringing back papers done in various languages and humanities classes, children can learn to reason for themselves. Many employers seek workers who can think for themselves, but schools seem to value teamwork too often now. Whether more courses need to require summer assignments or simply add them into the curriculum, it will do students well. Math, especially that used in buying what one needs for survival, and writing in social studies and language classes will serve best. Each person needs to learn how to balance his or her personal economy without help. Communication should also come the same way, one on one first then one talking to a group. As children age into late elementary and middle school, then teach group work. Start grouping advanced math and language students with those who don’t fare as well. This will teach the accelerated students to teach and see if they want to become teachers later. The ones receiving the help can catch up better working with peers more often than when they work with elders. Teachers do need to stay around to help explain what peers or older children in Montessori learning places can’t. For some projects, like-minded students can group together and a teacher can help them divide up the work equitably when needed. When students naturally work well together and do the work, don’t separate them, but let the project come to completion. Teachers do, however, need to be vigilant and make sure work comes is finished without the group creating play time. If the students learned responsibility properly, less supervision would be necessary while social groups may need more supervision on an academic project. Social responsibility needs to begin at home. However, schools can also pick up on the lessons. If students first learn to do their own work then do group work, they will better prepare to be functional members of society. For these reasons, parents, babysitters, and schools need to intertwine ideas on how to be socially responsible.
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As society evolves into a more technology-based state, so must education. Society’s tech tools can provide many ways to upgrade students’ and families’ school experiences. When families sign their children up for school, they should receive documents detailing how the area uses technology to education’s advantage and the support they need to help the student bring it home to its full effect.
Technological tools such as tablets and laptops can provide the largest help in loss prevention. In the days before these gadgets became available, many students lost both homework and textbooks. Putting the books and articles needed for each class on the school’s preferred platform allows students to read the way that many of them seem to prefer now. Teachers can thus set a timeframe if the curriculum did not by making materials only available during the unit of study for which they are meant. Exams could be given online once the materials disappear from the platform. Questions and study guides can flow more quickly between students and teachers as each posts comments and information to a class area online via a given code. This helps many over weekends and breaks, as they do not then need to remember a question or where they put the paper containing it. Being able to accomplish assignments this way also helps those who find themselves absent from the physical school for longer than a day. They can more easily catch up and see where the class will be upon their return. Using the online options this way could even give students access to courses they may need or want to take without having to worry about creating space in the school day for it as long as motivation comes from within to complete assignments. Technology can also keep parents involved in education. Many apps exist to help teachers and parents connect, whether e-mail, ClassDojo, or others. Parents who keep up these ways will see less frustration over assignments going missing or not being done. It becomes easier to ask the student what happened to a certain paper or set of questions if the parent can pull it up separately. Grade checking programs in many areas also allow parent access to keep the family updated as to how the student progresses through school. Sometimes, students and parents even need to work together to understand how an app works or why something in it behaves a certain way, creating learning that benefits both. Many apps allow people to set alerts for such occasion as the student’s grade changing drastically or a major project or exam coming up. This level of information can lessen conflict by allowing parents to ask about when a due date may be looming to help prevent procrastination. For these reasons, technology needs to enter the classroom more each year. It will eventually help our students learn to be better citizens and keep parents informed. By setting up such teamwork, students can even learn how to act in community with others. Star Wars fans’ day, Cinco de Mayo and Mother’s Day
All happen in the first half of May, Giving people plenty to celebrate As spring brings barbeque to many a plate. Warmer weather and sunnier hours Provide us time to plant gardens and enjoy blooming flowers. School plays, championships in spring sports, Concerts, exhibitions, and recitals of all sorts Happen as we head toward Memorial Day, set aside for Remembering those lost to war When they went seeking peace for every nation. Some families at this time witness a graduation From one educational level to another Before the person enters life as a productive sister or brother In the life of a family And by extension, the greater society Where each can find a party most any day In this, the busy month of May. Madre, mama, or mommy
Others could not give life to you or me Though some moms are biological, some legal, and some honorary How each person’s favorite lady Earns the title to life most necessary Remember to take time for the one you love most dearly. |
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