Jeez, What Was Ron Clark Thinking?
Ron Clark, the acclaimed teacher and author, wrote a CNN commentary this week titled What teachers really want to tell parents.
I hope any teacher reading it ends up following the opposite of some of the advice he gives:
And if you really want to help your children be successful, stop making excuses for them. I was talking with a parent and her son about his summer reading assignments. He told me he hadn’t started, and I let him know I was extremely disappointed because school starts in two weeks. His mother chimed in and told me that it had been a horrible summer for them because of family issues they’d been through in July. I said I was so sorry, but I couldn’t help but point out that the assignments were given in May.
Now, that’s the way to model empathy….
We are educated professionals who work with kids every day and often see your child in a different light than you