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Last year we published student ideas for improving their schools (See "If Students Ran the School"). This year we opened it up to parents. How will students look back on today? I agree with some ideas written by students in your August 2008 article: that teachers are very important to schools and should be paid more; that tutors should be available to help struggling students before failure; that minds should be challenged instead of being taught only what is on the state End-of-Year Test; that morning prayer gives a good start to the school day. Smart kids, aren’t they? I remember teachers who had total control of their classroom because they knew and we knew that our principal and our parents would back them up. Today’s schools are top-heavy with administrators who, unfortunately, make more money than our teachers. I remember making good grades, because our parents expected it. Many parents today are disinterested. Haywood EMC sponsors exciting youth programs. More businesses should follow suit. I remember school spirit, knowing our school was the best! I remember being taught self-reliance, personal responsibility, and that to bully smaller kids was cowardly. That’s a lot of “remember whens”, but what will today’s students remember? Will they look back on their school years with nostalgia and pride? I wonder. Judy Blitch Gartside, Highlands, Haywood EMC |
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