Comments on: Low Self Esteem in American Youth – Why Teacher Support is Crucial?

By: Deborah Hamm

Deborah Hamm — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:42:23 +0000

I do not believe the teachers in my childs school are supportive enough. They like the kids that get their work done and don’t ask questions or cause any sort of disruption or delays in class. My child will not take time away from the teacher to ask questions for, when he does, he is told that “he should already know that”. Maybe so, or maybe he can’t remember because he never understood it to begin with. He just puts his papers in his desk and then I find them when I go up to the school to look for them. In 6th grade when a teacher gives an assignment, can she not walk around to make sure the kids have gotten started on it and are doing oK with it? Heck no, she’s out in the hall on her cell phone or she’s gossipping with the teacher next door. When, after 2 weeks, she finally realizes he’s not turning in his work then she’s all upset because she needs the grades to get the progress reports filled out. Shame on that teacher for not knowing that no papers had been turned in by my child for 2 weeks. I don’t understand. Don’t teachers “teach” anymore. If they really want to teach then “teach” my kid what he is going to school to learn and stop with the bellyaching. Last year my child qualified for tutoring which was funded by the Indian Nation. The school sent home the recommendation and the papers for me to agree with so the school could get the funding. Even though they received the money, my child never got one minute of tutoring because the school said they didn’t have any tachers that would stay after school 1 hour twice a week to help my child. They would have been paid for it too. In some cases, the teachers have left the building before the kids. What’s one more hour of work for a teacher who claims to be underpaid. As far as appreciation goes, that should be earned. A lot of teachers are just people who like the hours and find it is convenient for their family.

By: lesl

lesl — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:48:20 +0000

While I agree that we put way, way too much on teachers, I loved school until the fifth grade. My teacher was a horrible woman who picked on me mercilessly. SHE was the bully in my scenario. I despised school thereafter.

By: Ann Thomas

Ann Thomas — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:54:31 +0000

My son is highly intelligent. During kindergarden and elementary school it did not bother him that other kids made fun of him. When he hit Middle School and puberty, he realizedd just how much the despised him. His grades suffered dearly for it.

It got even worse during High School. We pulled him out of the public school system and enrolled him in K12 ICademy. He does all his work online, they provide all of his materials that he needs per semester. My son is doing fantastic. He is not ashamed to say he is making A’s again. His teacher and couselor are all fantastic. His self-esteem is through the roof again. I am so happy that I found K12. If I had known earlier, I would have enrolled him much sooner.

Until schools start addressing kids as being bullies to those that are different, then nothing is going to help these kids with their self esteem. As parents, I feel as if we are thrown to the lions, and have to figure it out for ourselves.

By: Strawmanslave

Strawmanslave — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:58:49 +0000

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By: Strawmanslave

Strawmanslave — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:57:58 +0000

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By: Strawmanslave

Strawmanslave — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:57:17 +0000

Just when I thought the Government could not think of any more programs to Purposely control, drug and dumb down Children,…. It is the Parents that should be dealing with a child self esteem, not the State,…. The State’s dumbing down programs are the sole reason that children have low self esteem.

By: John

John — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:49:14 +0000

Look closely at the three factors that were included in this study: teacher support, student support, and autonomy in the classroom. The study is invalid, and obviously run by a pack of educational administrators.
In their study, these people intentionally ignore parental support. They do it intentionally because educational administrators do not WANT parents to “interfere” in what they see as their own fiefdom. I encourage one and all to ignore this study. By the way, I am a teacher.