Americans Take Their Education For Granted

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school always come first. Students
need to put school on top of their priority list too. Parents also need to
assure that their children understand their own responsibility to get their work
done well and handed in on time. But parents can only do so much—ultimately it
is the students who have to do the work.
Children must learn to accept responsibility for the results of their own
actions. Students will sometimes blame the teacher or others if they get bad
grades. I have only one response for these students--the teachers aren't the
ones responsible for acquiring knowledge. Students must learn that their grades
are a direct result of the effort they put in to learn the material. Failure to
learn to accept responsibility has often stayed with students after leaving
school. This country could be a lot more productive if people accept their
own mistakes and move on to address the problems.
Many parents may need to parent more and many students have to take ...

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