A Proper Education
July 20, 2020 at 7:52 p.m.
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We've all experienced something that most people in the last 100 years never thought would happen. Now that we are here, I'd like to voice concern about something I know a lot of people are talking about. The education of our future leaders and the importance of a proper education.
First, let's discuss a proper education. There are a lot of parents out there that will be opting for homeschooling for the first time. Now, I'd like to point out that there are many, many parents that I personally know are completely able to educate their children effectively. On the flip side, there are many concerned parents out there that will not be able to educate their children appropriately.
Teachers have a tough job. They can handle your children on a level that most parents are not able to do themselves. Most children do not see their parents as their teacher but more as a provider. I am strongly concerned that when this pandemic is over, we are going to find many students intellectually behind. This is going to hurt our education system. First, teachers are going to have double-duty re-educating students that are behind, and you're going to have students that will be stalled because their peers are being caught up. Teachers are going to have to find a way to engage with those students, too. It's a losing scenario for teachers.
My main concern is, if we are able to open schools this fall successfully, how are we going to keep them open? Many parents do not realize that even with the regular flu, schools can be shut down if the population reaches a certain percentage of infection. Now that we have SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), the rules are more strict. Parents need to keep their students home if they're sick. The problem is some parents can not financially do this. Let's open up a conversation with employers to support our workers with children.
If a child is sick, a parent should feel they are able to keep their children home without being reprimanded at work. Many employers already afford their employees sick and vacation time but the lines are blurry when it comes to their own children. I'd like to see open communication from employers regarding policies surrounding this. If an entire school shuts down because a single parent can not keep a child home, then the whole school population suffers.
In closing, this is a very complicated problem. There are many different beliefs in the world right now. The education of the future leaders of America is important. If you support keeping schools open, please try and do your part to keep them open. If you do not support keeping schools open, please responsibly educate your child. What matters to me is that we need to raise a generation that has the ability to prosper and doesn't leave children behind. Our students deserve a quality education and that begins with a lot of cooperation.
Lorenzo Lopez
Winona Lake, via email
We've all experienced something that most people in the last 100 years never thought would happen. Now that we are here, I'd like to voice concern about something I know a lot of people are talking about. The education of our future leaders and the importance of a proper education.
First, let's discuss a proper education. There are a lot of parents out there that will be opting for homeschooling for the first time. Now, I'd like to point out that there are many, many parents that I personally know are completely able to educate their children effectively. On the flip side, there are many concerned parents out there that will not be able to educate their children appropriately.
Teachers have a tough job. They can handle your children on a level that most parents are not able to do themselves. Most children do not see their parents as their teacher but more as a provider. I am strongly concerned that when this pandemic is over, we are going to find many students intellectually behind. This is going to hurt our education system. First, teachers are going to have double-duty re-educating students that are behind, and you're going to have students that will be stalled because their peers are being caught up. Teachers are going to have to find a way to engage with those students, too. It's a losing scenario for teachers.
My main concern is, if we are able to open schools this fall successfully, how are we going to keep them open? Many parents do not realize that even with the regular flu, schools can be shut down if the population reaches a certain percentage of infection. Now that we have SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), the rules are more strict. Parents need to keep their students home if they're sick. The problem is some parents can not financially do this. Let's open up a conversation with employers to support our workers with children.
If a child is sick, a parent should feel they are able to keep their children home without being reprimanded at work. Many employers already afford their employees sick and vacation time but the lines are blurry when it comes to their own children. I'd like to see open communication from employers regarding policies surrounding this. If an entire school shuts down because a single parent can not keep a child home, then the whole school population suffers.
In closing, this is a very complicated problem. There are many different beliefs in the world right now. The education of the future leaders of America is important. If you support keeping schools open, please try and do your part to keep them open. If you do not support keeping schools open, please responsibly educate your child. What matters to me is that we need to raise a generation that has the ability to prosper and doesn't leave children behind. Our students deserve a quality education and that begins with a lot of cooperation.
Lorenzo Lopez
Winona Lake, via email
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