Students are more
responsible for their education that their teachers.
There are students of all ages. Adult students certainly have a responsibility to educate
themselves. However, students in
grades 1 – 12 are minors. As
minors, they do not have the same responsibilities as adults, indeed, when
children enter kindergarten, they are not expected to be responsible for too
many things, much less their education.
Teachers, on the other hand, are paid to educate. They follow a curriculum, policy, and
procedures set by the state, or by private institutions, and their goal is to
facilitate learning. They cannot
force students to learn, but it is the expectation that teachers use techniques
to present information that enable the students to understand and learn.
Taxpayers and parents paying tuition are paying learning
institutions to provide an education.
Just as we pay for services such as law enforcement, health services, or
infrastructure work, and we expect the staff involved in those areas to bear
responsibilities, we pay for teachers in schools and expect them to carry out a
job.
A class of 4-yr-olds is not
expected to sit and learn material all day, but students who are older are
asked to work much harder at school.
Children don’t usually get to decide the school they will attend, or the
teachers they have, however, they can understand the general concept of
education and they understand that society places a value on getting an
education, even if they personally do not share that value. It is the responsibility of parents to
prepare their children to be successful adults and one of the
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