Most school districts in the Phoenix area have reopened even though it is just the beginning of August. Be careful, watch the school zones and obey the speed limit. We don't want anyone to get hurt.
Parents, don't forget that you are your child's first and best teacher. They learn so much from you even before they set foot inside a classroom. Turn off the TV and read a book. Teach them that it is fun to learn. The curious child is the one who learns not just to pass the test, but because he wants to. He enjoys learning how things work and what makes them tick. The student who only learns because he has to pass the test, will most likely forget the information.
Take the time to find out what your child is studying. Show them that you are interested in what they are learning. Keep in touch with his or her teacher. The teachers job is to give information to the children's job is to absorb and learn it. Some children are like sponges and take everything in. Others are like concrete, the information is poured out to them, they don't absorb it. wouldn't it be great if we could just pour the information into their heads, but it doesn't work that way.
For a student to succeed it requires cooperation of the parent, child, teacher and school. If this cooperation isn't there, even the brightest and most curious student can fail.
My wife teaches in a local high school and I have spent time in her classrooms talking to the students about the world they are going out into. How business and the financial system works, and some of what they will need to become successful once they graduate. What I find interesting is that in that 30 or 40 minutes I am in front of the students I am answering questions they have, and also asking questions of them. The ironic part is how easy it is to pick the students who are there because they want to be, and those who are just putting in "seat time" until they can graduate or decide to quit school.
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