Math these Days

[MathGeek]

Everyone laughs, but how many complain that the math teacher must be doing something wrong when their child is failing math. Everyone would be better off if parents fully supported a teacher's authority in the classroom, made sure their children were completing their homework every day, and were inclined to ask what their child was doing wrong when their math grades started to slide.

A child who knows he can blame the teacher and not face parental accountability for bad math grades will not learn math. Parents who pull strings with administrators to get their child a passing math grade that was not earned are contributing to this dismal situation.