02-25-2007, 06:22 PM
[quote elmo3]
[quote Kap]I agree with you that one parent should stay home for the sake of their children's well-being if the family could afford it. However, there are parents, especially single parents, who have to take on jobs that barely pay the rent.
Yes, but please don't fall into the trap of trotting out the extreme situation to try to disprove the general situation. Grateful11 is completely right in that family priorities are screwed up, and those people need to hear his message. He isn't aiming at the truly poor. He's aiming at those who THINK they're "poor" because they otherwise couldn't afford the more expensive house, the Lexuses, and the 84" plasma and "home theater" system.
No, I am not making excuses after all I am working as an instructional aid at a state funded all day daycare center. I daily see some of the self-proclaimed poor parents showing up at the school with their BMWs, Lexuses and Cadillac Escalades. YOu should hear what the children saying about the latest home electronics they have in their subsidized apartments!
No doubts, there are children who will succeed under the direst of circumstances due to good parenting skills. Knowing that and having the utmost respect from the parents make teaching worthwhile. Of course, better pay would certainly help. So many teachers cannot afford housing in CA even with the housing assistance programs created for them specifically.
Kap
[quote Kap]I agree with you that one parent should stay home for the sake of their children's well-being if the family could afford it. However, there are parents, especially single parents, who have to take on jobs that barely pay the rent.
Yes, but please don't fall into the trap of trotting out the extreme situation to try to disprove the general situation. Grateful11 is completely right in that family priorities are screwed up, and those people need to hear his message. He isn't aiming at the truly poor. He's aiming at those who THINK they're "poor" because they otherwise couldn't afford the more expensive house, the Lexuses, and the 84" plasma and "home theater" system.
No, I am not making excuses after all I am working as an instructional aid at a state funded all day daycare center. I daily see some of the self-proclaimed poor parents showing up at the school with their BMWs, Lexuses and Cadillac Escalades. YOu should hear what the children saying about the latest home electronics they have in their subsidized apartments!
No doubts, there are children who will succeed under the direst of circumstances due to good parenting skills. Knowing that and having the utmost respect from the parents make teaching worthwhile. Of course, better pay would certainly help. So many teachers cannot afford housing in CA even with the housing assistance programs created for them specifically.
Kap