Our actions have some form of influence on children, so why do we blame them for bad behaviour when it is learnt from adults? Children are blamed for failing in school, but why blame them? If teachers show an interest in educating students, then students would show an interest in learning. But how can a student learn anything in school if (some) teachers are only concerned with how they look or are busy gossiping about other teachers or parents that have upset them?
If their students' grades and test scores were the highest in their school, then they would take full responsibility for nurturing that young mind, so why blame them (students) when they "fail" or do something "wrong?"
In good times and bad times adults should take responsibility for the actions of their child/children, for their performance in school and for their behaviour. Children learn what they live. And teachers and parents have a big role in how each child turns out when he or she reaches adulthood. So teachers and parents, stop blaming children/students for poor test results, as in the case of this end-of-term test.
J Smith
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