I laughed and threw up a little after reading your op. :ninja
Good to know I make you puke. But if you could meet me in person for 5 minutes and witness how I act at school with my friends, you'd probably puke a few more times.
There should be consequences, yes. Parents need to teach their kids to be responsible. As a child, one of your responsibilities is doing your schoolwork.
But schoolwork doesn't always help in the real world. Albert Einstein failed high school, and we recognize him as one of the world's greatest geniuses. My brother is friends with the lead singer of The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. Well, the lead singer almost failed high school, he passed with very low grades, but look at him now. Making millions in a band that only started out as a talent show event.
Depending on knowing what the child is capable of, they should be held to that standard and encouraged to challenge themselves. This will help them to fend for themselves in life when they become an adult and are on their own.
Understandable, but education is not a constant variable. Grades change, people have off days, they can drop, so holding a person to a standard and basically saying, "Get an A or you're grounded from the computer, cell-phone, mall, etc." is harsh. My grandmother would whip my mom with a belt as a child if she got anything lower than a B.
Everything anybody does, good or bad, effects the world around them. Our actions are like a rock dropped into a pool of water. The ripples effect beyond what you can see.
Then, if you will, explain to me how a person failing school negatively affects the parents. Or anyone around them for that matter. I do know about the Butterfly Effect, but failing school doesn't cause a ripple effect, other than in the life of the person that fails. As I said, I have an F in one class, but my parents aren't being affected by it, other than having to tell me that I need to bring it up.
For those types of kids, other creative forms of discipline should be used.
What about encouragement and positive reinforcement? If they do very good in school, give them something they like. Eventually, they'll realize that the need to do that.
In today's world it is very important to get a good education to get a decent paying job. Most jobs will not even look at you for an interview unless you have some type of degree or certification.
If you refer back to what I said above, this is not true. Not all jobs are like that. I believe it was James that said this: Say you own a car garage. You can hire only one of two people: Guy number one just graduated from college. He has a high school diploma, college degree, and mastered in mechanics. Guy number two dropped out of high school to work for his dad in a garage. He doesn't have a high school diploma or college degree, but he's obviously got more experience.
An education is good, and it helps, but knowing the square root of x minus a fraction doesn't help you in every day life.
No offense, but that is immaturity talking. Even if you were a singer in a band, it is always important to have something to fall back on. Plus there is more to life when it comes to education than just how it pertains to the almighty dollar.
How is that immature? Please explain. Sure, there is more to life than how to earn money, but the main reason people say that you need an education, is to get a good job. Have you ever been at the grocery store, trying to buy something, and had the cashier say, "Whoa whoa whoa. You can't buy that unless I see your high school diploma little lady!"
Here's a good quote that fits this situation: "Money doesn't buy happiness, but it sure does make life a whole lot easier". You can't do anything without money really. No house, no car, no clothes.
Also, on the subject of money, here's another good quote from a really good comedian, Daniel Tosh: "Money doesn't buy happiness, but it does by a wave runner. Have you ever seen a sad person on a wave runner? I didn't think so."
Life is mostly about how much money you have, because without it, you can't do very much. It shouldn't matter if you have an education or not, as long as you can do the job well and earn the money.
Yes, parents have every right to push their kids to their best potential. Kids are lazy. They won't do it on their own. The problem with today's generation is they think things should be handed to them on a silver platter and cry like babies when it isn't. Can't hit my kids? WTF? This is why teachers can't teach, because kids don't respect authority. Any child under 18 who talks back to their parent should have their teeth kindly displaced by a back of the hand.
I'm appalled that you think you can get a good paying job without education. In today's society, education is more important than ever. How many stars are there really? How many people in this world? Easy to figure out the statistics, oh wait, you weren't paying attention in math class. My bad. I repeat my comment before, I am worried about this generation growing up and controlling my social security.
I'm going to ignore the first paragraph, so I don't get another infraction. Now, as I said, you CAN get a good paying job without education. How many stars? There are thousands of stars. But that's all I'll say about your post, because it's pissing me off the more I read it.
To clear things up, when I say "Child" I don't mean just little kids. A high school student counts as a parent's child.
