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| 5 year old ready for school |
Surely, at age five or six any blame directed at school or schooling practices is minimal.
Those early years are dominated by parenting and ECE.
Quality parenting skills are a prized treasure by one sector of New Zealand society and viewed as a complete waste of time by another.
Sterotypes are unhelpful here as both these views are help by people across the economic/ social/ cultural divide.
My point being that the importance of parenting skills and lifestyle choices continue to impact upon kids right through their childhood.
Again this article serves to highlight my point that it is the parent who should be the champion of their child’s education and teachers/ coaches/ tutors are mere subcontractors.
Further reading
NZ Herald article entitled "New entrant suspensions reach 5 year high"Radio New Zealand article entitled "More bad behaviour among youngest children"
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Great debate. Having been a teacher first and now a parent, I'm convinced the 'good start' begins at home.
Some parents think school will fix everything. In my mind, if you want to be a parent, then you should be prepared to be the 'first teacher', modeling good citizenship - good digital citizenship even.
A friend of mine recently marched into her daughter's school to complain her 10yr old daughter had been cyberbullied by other classmates in Facebook at 8.30 at night. I wonder, who's responsibility was it that her daughter was in Facebook at 8.30 at night, underage?
A couple of schools in my area would strongly debate just how much influence a background can have on a student's attitude, language, values, health and self esteem.
Every child has the potential to learn, just some get a better head start than others.
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