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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

SCAPEGOAT REASONS « Teachers Fight Back

SCAPEGOAT REASONS « Teachers Fight Back:

SCAPEGOAT REASONS

Some readers disagree that teachers are scapegoats and have asked why I have that opinion.

Here we go:

When parents fail to prepare their preschool age children for school and then blame the teacher when the child falls behind in school, that’s scapegoating.

When parents have allowed their children to grow up without any sense of discipline and self-control, and then blame the teacher when their child has discipline problems in school, that’s scapegoating.

When government officials set unrealistic test standards, and then blame the teachers when the students fail to