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Originally Posted by Sea Dangles
Social development is not a job for teachers.If they have to waste their time with such matters we are doomed.
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SD, I'm curious as to what you think an elementary school teacher's job is? Is it strictly teaching the subjects like math, reading, history, etc...? My sister taught for several years in one of the worst school systems in Washington DC. She had 4th graders that didn't have table manners or understand that cutting a line is wrong. She worked with them on those things because they needed the help.
I agree that it's not a teachers job to teach how a student should act in society, but the social aspect of school is important. That's where kids develop a lot of these skills that are (or at least should be) taught at home.