Kelsey's+Speech

There is a current battle between parents, teachers, and administrators on who is responsible for educating children on touchy subjects such as religion, sex, drugs, and alcohol. I would like to describe what it’s like under this conflict, and how pleasant life and school would be after this issue is resolved. Under current conditions, everyone is suffering. Teachers complain that they have to teach too much. Although they realize family involvement is limited (Good 1), they are not allowed to teach experience. This is left to the parents, who are too afraid to talk to their kids, so they beg and plead that teachers teach subjects they aren’t comfortable talking about. Administrators try to keep everyone happy, which fails when everybody wants the exact opposite from one another. In my perfect school district; parents, teachers, and principals would work together to educate these future leaders to the best of their ability. For this to happen, parents need to get the courage to talk to their kids about their lives. Can you believe some parents don’t know how or what their children are doing in school? As parents talk to their children, they don’t necessarily have to be the parent figure, but they definitely need to act as friends as they converse, as well as not show ascendancy towards them. If things happened as I described them, the world would be a completely different place. Most parents would be involved in their children’s lives, and it could ultimately lower suicide rates, underage drinking, drug use, and teenage pregnancy, because parents could hopefully talk some sense into their teenagers. You, as teachers, students, parents, and administrators, should strive to achieve this goal because you are all in some way involved. To achieve these amazing conditions, everyone, I mean everyone, must be willing to change. Parents must be willing to talk to their kids and be a part of their lives. Teachers must be willing to give parents things required for parents to teach and talk to kids. Students must be willing to listen and learn. Administrators must be willing to help parents, teachers, and students with anything they may need, such as such as questions and ways to bring sensitive topics up. Once everyone has changed, we can start to divide up what is taught by each person in the students’ life. For example, teachers could send home what they plan to teach, teach it, and then ask Barents to engage the child in furthering the knowledge they obtained that day at home.