No truer words have been spoken. Education starts at home. While both of my sons are products of the public school system, I attribute much of their success to my and their mother's direct involvement in their education.
Case in point: My youngest son, who is currently in his junior year of college, just finished a course in World Literature that was a 4000 level (senior) class. His professor held his work up as an example for the mostly senior World Lit majors in the class as an example of what they should be doing. Didn't make him very popular amongst his peers, but he was equally surprised, as he didn't think there was anything spectacular about his work. I firmly believe this comes back to our insistence that he and his brother always work beyond their potential, and when they questioned us about this, got the response, "Because we have higher standards." Children will rise to your expectations if you insist on it, and provide the support and encouragement to do so. Dan On Dec 21, 2013, at 1:15 AM, OK Don wrote: > It is the parents responsibility to insure that their kids get a good > education, not the schools. We filled in the gaps when needed, and > de-bunked that crap that was fed our kids. They attended the worst schools > in town until HS, and then the school was only 'OK' - great by Oklahoma > standards, mediocre otherwise. Our kids are not brilliant (they came us > after all), but the older three all got scholarships to Ivy league schools, > and the last one is finishing his masters in mechanical engineering at MTU. > Not bad for attending bad public schools --- don't lay the blame for the > education of our kids on the schools. > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
