The story about Who Cares for Our Children? states that many countries in Europe have great educational benefits. In addition, teacher get paid just as much as doctors because their value of the educational field is high. It's said to see in the United States that some jobs that don't need a degree pay more than teachers which needs a degree.
How can we support these families? What can we do to provide education for the children? What we can do as a community is to raise money for unfortunate families. As a community we can make changes with the state and maybe go farther, making changes so our country can support early childhood education. It's sad that families have to take their children out of preschool because they can't afford it. We need to make options and fight for our beliefs in order to get results.
How can we support these families? What can we do to provide education for the children? What we can do as a community is to raise money for unfortunate families. As a community we can make changes with the state and maybe go farther, making changes so our country can support early childhood education. It's sad that families have to take their children out of preschool because they can't afford it. We need to make options and fight for our beliefs in order to get results.
Hi Bree,
ReplyDeleteI know my neighbor who is a heavy equipment operator makes more than an M.D. Well money is not everything. We find the internal fulfillment when we see our students are being well cared of. I notice that the higher is our education, the more is our compensation as well. In Hawaii we are really not that bad comparing with the mainland preschools. May be we just have to continue to fight and to educate the public the importance of early childhood education. We Are Not Just Babysitters!
Ivy
Aloha,
ReplyDeleteI agree, it is so sad that the Us seems so unsupportive of our future generation. How can we change that? How can we make a difference in the re-focusing the countries priorities? we have spent so much on war...what about the children?
Hi Bree,
ReplyDeleteYou note the importance of a community coming together in order to support young children and their families. I wonder what this might look like -- does it begin with the school or the classroom community? Does it start somewhere outside the school or classroom? What does it mean to support a family? Is it by ensuring mothers and fathers can stay home with newborns? If this is a commitment by the community, would it rethink our positions as teachers?
Jeanne
It is unfortunate that so many parents and children have to struggle to receive adequate childcare. When you mentioned many people being lucky to have grandparents to watch the children it really made me think about how many families I know who have to go that route. A lot of the times it is great to have the multi-generational factor but sometimes grandparents are not always up for the job but must do it anyway to help their family. Children deserve to have proper child-care because these early years are the most important and it is very discouraging to see so many children without the opportunities many children will receive because of financial problems.
ReplyDeleteYou also talked about the teacher’s in Europe being valued for the education that they provide children that they pay them so much. They have the right idea. What would the world be like if it were not for teachers? I guess we can see where our countries’ priorities are a bit off.
I love your passion for wanting to help others and you idea of having a community working together. I too want the best for all children and any effort in that direction is great.
You share some good ideas about what can communities do for their less fortunate families. I think the community does play a part in children's education and it seems to show that when the community values education, that school seems to have higher standards. I have heard stories about mililani mauka schools and how different their standards are to wahiawa schools. But my question is how would a low income community raise money for their families? Especially in wahiawa, where I teach, there are a lot of families that are struggling to pay for preschool. How could the community raise enough money for all of those families? It's also hard because most times when a family is behind on tuition they are also behind on everything else like rent and bills.
ReplyDeleteAs a parent I often as myself if my daughters school supports her. Then I am quickly reminded that they support in ways that I can't on a daily basis. They provide her with many things like interaction with other children and technology that I would not be able to her without going crazy trying to do it. I will say that as far as parent I wanna say that schools try to be supportive of the child, parent and families that they work with everyday, it is just a matter as to how much and timing. If a family doesnt need help right now they may not notice it until they are the family that need teh support.
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