Last week, class opened for the country's public school and this week private school will officially begin classes as well. By this time, school teachers and officials already have lesson plans and materials ready for another of preparing students for reality. I'm not surprised if each and every single teacher or school staff is going to either say a long prayer or take a long nap to steel themselves for the long year ahead. Yet as the teaching person make their preparations for the school, I do so hope that parents are now doing the same thing because education actually starts at home. Everytime I hear the song, "Teach Your Children Well" by Crosby, Stills , Nash And Young, it reminds me that we lay the groundwork as to how they will take to learning.
As I've said in a previous entry, motivation starts with parents and being a former teacher, I've seen how difficult a task that can be. Nevertheless, parents should start orienting their children on the basics like the alphabet and numbers. More importantly, they should instill in them the importance of learning and how it can affect their future. Another important thing that parents should start teaching them is time management and discipline. When it's study and when it's time to play becase too little of the former and too much of the later, don't surprise if you're paying for a summer classes or a repeat of a school year or worse shop around for another school.
Parents are the ones who are responsible for how their children cope with the academic world and they better do it right. The academic is just practice for the harsh realities of life. If they do they're prep work right, then it's less stress for everyone involved and it ensures a good future for your child. It is the parent's responsibility to see to it that their children are studying and doing well in class. No matter what you say, education begins at home
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