| Many parents spend a great deal of time
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| | and excel in their learning. For those
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| and energy trying to ensure that their
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| | students the school environment meets the
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| children have the best education
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| | needs of their learning styles and
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| possible. Parents help with homework,
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| | motivates them towards success in their
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| provide many extra-curricular
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| | educational experience. The school system
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| opportunities and keep in touch with the
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| | is not bad for these students, it is
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| teachers and school in order to help
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| | good. However the very nature and
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| their child to be successful. However
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| | structure of the school system means it
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| when all is said and done, it is the
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| | is only able to meet the needs of some
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| child who needs to be able to learn and
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| | styles of learning, and personality
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| pass the curriculum requirements.
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| | traits of its students. For a fairly
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| Some parents themselves may have sailed
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| | large number of students to get through a
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| through Did you know that the school
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| | school day is an achievement in itself.
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| system is only able to meet 50% of
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| | Intelligence and motivation to learn are
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| student learning needs?
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| | not the issue for them, but the school
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| That's right! - only 50% of the student
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| | structure and environment itself. An
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| population is in an environment at school
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| | example of such a student was Albert
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| which enables them to be successful
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| | Einstein. He found school incredibly
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| learners.
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| | boring, as the tools of learning in those
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| The reason for this is not because of bad
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| | days were to do with repeating and
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| teachers.
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| | learning by rote. He learnt more from the
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| There are many excellent, dedicated
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| | reading he did outside of school, and
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| teachers in schools, whose life's work
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| | talking with interesting people he met,
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| and passion is to educate their students
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| | than from school itself. He spent most of
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| to the best of their ability. Teachers
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| | the time in his classes day dreaming. The
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| want to see their students successful,
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| | system had no room for creativity and
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| that is why they have given years to
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| | imagination, or allowing him to learn
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| training and service. It is not the fault
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| | about what interested him. There was no
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| of the teachers that many students do not
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| | provision in his school system for people
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| reach their potential in learning.
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| | who thought differently.
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| It is not a result of bad parenting.their
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| | Many students today, whose learning
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| own school experience and been successful
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| | styles are not catered for in the school
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| in the academic requirements for
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| | system, are prone to be dismissed or
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| graduation, and gone on to further
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| | labeled as lazy, unfocused, and
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| education. Isn't it reasonable to expect
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| | unintelligent, disorganized, ADHD, or
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| that their children would follow the same
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| | have a learning disability. School for
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| path and achieve good grades? For some
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| | many of these students is an endurance
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| children, yes it is a reasonable
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| | test, which some fail. The school
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| expectation, and many, of course, do
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| | experience can devastate their self
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| follow in their parent's footsteps.
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| | confidence and self esteem, due to their
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| However this may not be true for every
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| | inability to conform or adapt to the
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| child, even in the same family. I,
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| | expectations of the system, and those
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| myself, was a good student, enjoyed my
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| | around them. Yet these same students in
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| school experience and I love to learn. I
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| | later life can become very successful
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| went on to become a teacher for over
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| | because of their entrepreneurial spirit,
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| twenty years in the school system, was a
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| | their creativity, their ability to think
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| Principal of two schools, and
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| | outside of the box, and view the world
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| successfully pioneered an independent
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| | from a different perspective.
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| school. All my three children are
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| | If your child is having trouble at
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| intelligent and have been given equal
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| | school, it may not be a reflection your
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| opportunities with regard to their
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| | parenting, their teacher or the school.
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| education. Out of the three, only one is
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| | Your child may be trying to learn in an
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| following in my footsteps.
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| | environment that conflicts with his
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| Was I less diligent with two of my
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| | natural aptitude and learning style. For
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| children, didn't I help them? Didn't I
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| | your child it could be like trying to
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| give them the support they needed to be
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| | learn to swim in an ocean of sand! Look
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| successful at school? Of course I did!
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| | outside of 'normal' expectations, and see
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| Were their teachers uncaring and
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| | the situation through the eyes of your
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| unsupportive of their education? Not at
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| | child. You may be surprised!!!
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| all! The problem is as parents we can't
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| | .........and why not do a little research
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| go to school for them. Sometimes it seems
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| | in to the school experience of Albert
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| parenting would be easier if we could!
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| | Einstein, and many other notable figures
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| Is the school system bad?
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| | in our history? I think you might see
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| There are many excellent schools, in
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| | things from a different perspective.
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| which some students are able to thrive
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