Re:Interesting 'idea' (Score 1)

> I can tell you, from my own observations that the single greatest factor that influences whether > a student gets a good education or not is the parents. Mod the parent (parent poster, that is) up. dculp is correct. I'd add that dculp seems to be pretty special though too. Teaching is very tough. Discipline and behaviour problems are numerous and hard to deal with -- especially for tech folks who may not be as skilled at dealing with kids. Extra hard when there's no (or negative) parental support. Even harder if your principal doesn't support you. Anyway, as said, the major part of the solution is to figure out how to get parents involved. *That's* the first domino. Convincing parents that it's vitally important to be involved with their kid's education is a tough cycle to break though.