Should teachers act as surrogate parents for children from poor backgrounds?

by Crypt_Heart Posted 2012/09/22 08:49:40

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"Sir Michael also said any teacher who did not wish to act as a surrogate parent in poor areas to pupils who lacked support at home did not deserve a salary increase." UK Chief Inspector for OFSTED (Our Education regulator...)

I've included a link to the rest of the article below. Sure teachers should be working hard and delivering good results but when Exam bodies are constantly shifting the goal posts, schools are having their budgets cut and an ever increasing number of deprived students. How on earth can we expect teachers to get ever improving grades? And yet we do (although we keep falling down the international league tables...go figure).

Something is clearly not right with this picture and I definitely disagree that teachers should be acting as surrogate parents. That isn't the teachers job at all, that's the parents job and it's horrific that public servants should be doing that in addition to their job.

At least, that's what I think. What about you?

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PoliticalSanity 2012/09/22 15:34:57

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This would only have a chance in segregated schools, segregated not so much by race but by culture and student commonality of needs.

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Angi 2012/09/22 14:45:36

Teachers are Teachers, Parents are Parents. Each has their own responsibilities

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Teachers and parents roles are different but teachers and parents have to work together to encourage children. A good teacher and a good parent are priceless.
People who want to blur boundaries don't help.
We should reward people who work hard but help people who are dealing with more challenges.
Rewards are given to people that make a mess of things and accountability is something no one recognises any more.
Young people are given mixed messages all the time these days, work hard and do well and we move the goal post so your achievements mean less. Kids are told to aspire and then they are undermined.

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Jiorgia 2012/09/22 09:16:06

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Teachers should be good role models and help a student if required but shouldn't act as parents.

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