The importance of teachers in the world can't be quantified, and indeed they play a vital role in influencing the future by impacting knowledge into the leaders of tomorrow. They do their best to pass down knowledge, and without them, we wouldn't even be here today.
Their sacrifices and efforts are why we have engineers, doctors, and many other professionals out there contributing to our well-being directly or indirectly. I have been there and can confidently say that teaching is one of the best jobs out there for those who do it passionately, and it can be quite complicated judging by the struggles teachers face in some parts of the world.
The issue of blaming teachers for student academic failure feels like a normal thing to me, and as a teacher some years ago, it was a wake-up call for me to evaluate my teaching style. After all, if a student succeeds, the teachers take the praise as well. I am not saying teachers are always responsible when a student isn't doing well, but surely all fingers will be pointing at them.
It's like paying someone to do a job and he or she didn't do it well; you will definitely blame the person, right?
When teachers are blamed for a student's academic failure, it's an opportunity for the teacher to investigate why the student isn't performing well and make amendments, whether it's the teacher's fault or not. You will all agree with me that parents pay teachers to instill knowledge into their kids, and they just want results. Some parents understand the fact that their kids aren't academically sound, while others don't care; they just want to see their kids performing excellently.
Some years ago, a boy of 14 years was brought to the school where I worked, and my proprietor turned him down because he could barely read or write. I picked interest in the boy and agreed to take him if only the parents would allow him to start from primary school because he was already in JSS3 at one public school.
They agreed, and I started doing my job. I interacted with him and paid a lot of attention to him in class. I realized he had very low interest in learning, plus he doesn't assimilate easily. To cut the story short, this boy became a different person in two years. He graduated from primary school at the age of 16, and I was in tears seeing his parents happy.
Of course, I was showered with gifts, and it would have been a different case if I hadn't helped the boy.
Being a teacher doesn't end with teaching mathematics or English in the classroom. It has to do with understanding your students behavior towards study, knowing their interest, assimilation ability and others.
Like I mentioned earlier, teachers will always get the biggest blame, even though the student or parents are responsible for the student's poor performance, and it's the teacher's duty to trace where the fault is coming from so the teacher's efforts won't be in vain at the end.
To help teachers achieve success with their students, a lot of things must be fixed, and it includes properly training teachers. If we look around today, there are so many unqualified teachers, and schools employ them so they can pay stipends. There should be proper training for teachers where they can learn beyond just writing lesson notes and compiling students results at the end of the session.
School providing necessary resources for the teachers to work effectively in a conducive environment for not just students but teachers as well is paramount.
Finally, parents must be actively involved in their children's academic journey because they spend more time at home and the things they do away from school contribute a lot to their academic progress. They must work hand in hand with teachers, and it shouldn't be about just paying enormous bills sent by the school.
Visit your kids school without notice, check their work, ask questions, and these things will even help teachers sit tight when they are slacking off. Helping a student succeed academically requires a collaborative effort from the parents, students, and even teachers, so there won't be difficulties when tackling whatever challenges a student has academically.
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It's appalling the way parents will 'dump' their kids with the teachers, expecting them to work miracles. Meanwhile,they won't take an active life in that of their kids. Everyone has to be actively involved for the children to become something great.
Honestly, I laugh a lot when many parents complain about their kids poor academic performance.
A boy returns from school and the only thing he does is to play on the iPad till dinner is ready.
A lot of parents are the fault but teachers will always be blamed so as a teacher, it's important we know what the issue is and point it out to parents so they can know their lapses too.
A school is a place to learn, no one is disputing that but what is wrong if a parent can monitor his/her children's academic performance?
We all need to wake up either a parent, teacher, or student in particular.
That's right. Everyone needs to be actively involved because that's the only way to ensure that money doesn't go to waste.
From my own perspective, everybody, including the student has a role to play for their development. Who to blame for the childs academic failure is dependent on a wide number of factors
I agreed with you on having so many factors to consider when blaming anyone for a child's academic performance so it's of top importance that parents are actively involved in their kids academic life.
Throughout my secondary school years, my dad was always visiting, monitoring my performance and making sure I am doing the right thing. Sometimes, he would just show up in school without any notice to see what I was always doing and thank God for such training and support towards my academics.
Nowadays, most parents are busy with their own stuff and would proudly give excuses for their inability to monitor their kids. Sometimes, it is not always the teacher's responsibility to watch and track a child's performance, parents should, too.
But you know, teachers also have their own parts in making sure they are doing the right thing by evaluating themselves, enrolling in more trainings to upgrade their skills, this is what the school should provide too. Not only for the children to benefit alone, but teachers too.
Teachers evaluating and improving themselves is one thing I think is very important as well but in third world countries, these things don't happen as it should because schools don't see the importance and teachers lack the resources as well.
It's very important that parents are actively involved in their kids' education. Just like your dad, my mom was well known in the schools I attended and that's how it should be.
The school plays a very strong role in children's education, but parents also need to do their part by monitoring and educating as well.
Yes, parents have a big role to play. We can't leave everything to teachers because kids spend time away from school as well. Parents and teachers collaboration will always go a long way in helping kids achieve success academically.
You are right. I'm also a teacher. But we can't blame teachers alone when a child fails. Parents should also be involved too.
Thanks for sharing