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posted by martyb on Friday October 13 2017, @08:50PM   Printer-friendly
from the it-takes-a-village...-school? dept.

Parents want teachers to do more when it comes to teaching their children about social and life skills inside the classroom, according to a new report.

The joint study between Monash University researchers and the Australian Scholarship Group (ASG) is the only one of its kind to investigate the state of education in Australia from parents' perspective.

Undertaken by Monash Faculty of Education associate professors Sivanes and Shane N. Phillipson, the report said Australian parents want their children to have access to a "holistic education".

According to the study, 69 per cent of parents believe schools should do more to teach their child about social skills. When ethnicity is factored in, the proportion increases substantially to 94 per cent among Indian and other Asian parents.

Furthermore, 49 per cent of parents agree they would like their child's school to do more about teaching them how to behave in public, which increases to 74 per cent among Indian and other Asian parents.

The mantra "The Corps is mother, the Corps is father" springs to mind.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by frojack on Friday October 13 2017, @09:47PM (1 child)

    by frojack (1554) on Friday October 13 2017, @09:47PM (#582035) Journal

    Social skills???

    These kids can't even boil water. How about some survival skills that do not involve potato chips.

    Here's a possible clue to the problem Single Parent kids [kidscount.org].

    The welfare state has done a great job of driving away black fathers so that black mothers can keep their welfare payments.

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 13 2017, @11:57PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 13 2017, @11:57PM (#582080)

    Can't boil water? What idiots! You just toss your phone into the pot and wait ten minutes. Use your second phone to activate your next-day warranty service and pickup your new phone off the doorstep in the morning. So simple.