In the article “What Teachers Really Need to Hear From Parents,” Laurie Couture retaliates against Ron Clark’s article “What Teachers Really Want to Tell Parents.” She presents a perspective that is the polar opposite of Clark’s. She believes that education should be child-centered instead of subject to adult experience. That is, Couture believes that children will develop properly independent of adult influence.
I wish to challenge this perspective. If left to his own devices, will a child automatically blossom into an intelligent, well-behaved adult? Will his character automatically include such concepts as humility, cooperation, and honesty? Suppose for a moment that there is a child prone to violence. Are we to allow him to continue in
I wish to challenge this perspective. If left to his own devices, will a child automatically blossom into an intelligent, well-behaved adult? Will his character automatically include such concepts as humility, cooperation, and honesty? Suppose for a moment that there is a child prone to violence. Are we to allow him to continue in