Learning

  While Ron and I seldom sit down to play the piano, it is  an attraction for  the little ones. It also comes in handy when we have guests who like to play. So it isn't just a nice piece of furniture that takes up a great deal of room.   We are happy to have it.  And we enjoy hearing the grandchildren play.

I've been thinking about the following quote since it ran in the Founder's Quote Daily on the 28th of this month:


"It is the duty of parents to maintain their children decently, and according to their circumstances; to protect them according to the dictates of prudence; and to educate them according to the suggestions of a judicious and zealous regard for their usefulness, their respectability and happiness." --James Wilson, Lectures on Law, 1791


There is so much said now about the schools and what they do and fail to do.  But it is really up to the parents to make sure their children's experience at school is worthwhile. They must send that child well fed and rested and with a good attitude toward school, the teachers and their fellow students.  If they don't, there is a limit to what educators can do. 


However, I am all for making the teachers responsible for doing their duties in an effective way.   
                                                                                                                                                           Tenure has ruined us. The teachers who do a better job should stay while those who are just marking time until the end of the school day, year,or until they retire should be set free from the duties they shirk.