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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.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Grishnakh on Saturday October 14 2017, @01:36AM (1 child)
Intelligent people see what a mess this whole system is and are opting out of having kids altogether. It's just too much of a liability, not to mention a huge expense: you can't even get them out of the house after 18-20 years any more, since now they're staying at home into their 30s or beyond. And if your kids are actually reasonably intelligent and you let them wander around outside on their own, you'll be arrested and prosecuted for child neglect.
Having kids in America just isn't worth it. Either don't bother having any, or emigrate to a saner country if you really want them.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 14 2017, @02:20PM
You know, back in the "old days" that used to be the norm, where one of the kids stayed home with his or her family and took care of the grandparents... I know, crazy times. Now we properly stick those old geezers in old folks homes - who needs old anyway? Right? Oh right, the first born inherited the farm, and the rest had to scurry off, find their own ways... yeah, the very nice system back then.
That's completely different problem brought to you by the great pedophile scare of the 1980s.
I don't know. America is pretty fucked up, especially to have elected that dotard. But still plenty of more fucked up countries in this world. In grand scheme of thing, fix your fucking politics America.