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1) Re: 2009 House Bill 5021 (Mandate school “dating violence” courses and policies ) [by gypsy on June 21, 2009]I have never taught. But I have raised children, and I have lived a long live. What I have learned is not all children are lucky enough to have responsible parents. These children eventually grow into adults without the proper training or skills to function in society. Our prisons are full of them. Schools must be, to a certain degree, a substitute for unresponsible or incapable parents. I sympathize with your workload as a teacher, but I support adequate teacher pay, and bills like this. It is much more productive to spend the money on the children in school than on the criminals in prison.
Your right in saying people like me want to add more and more to the curriculum. The more children learn in school, the better prepared they will be for life. Good parents will still be good, and bad parents will still be bad, but maybe children of bad parents will turn out good. It's worth the effort. Thanks for yours.
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Obviously you have never taught if you think it can't be a matter of time. I work with elementary aged kids K-5. My curriculum binder (in case you don't know, a curriculum binder outlines all topics that must be covered in a subject for the year) in Language Arts alone contains approximately 600 pages. Each page is double sided with 3 columns of text on each side. Just think of how many different topics and benchmarks that covers for one subject. Add to that math, science and social studies. Yet, you and people like you want to add more and more to the curriculum. Enough already! School is not and should never be turned into a substitute for parents. Teaching children about dating violence is the proper role of the parents not the schools.
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It can't be a matter of time, children get 3 months out of school every year.
It is the resposibility of us all to teach the children. We all have to live with the adults they become.
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