Are Parents Asking Too Much?

When a parent drops off a child to school, it is there impression that their child will be safe. They entrust their child with the respective School District. Well that's not always the case. Sometimes parents get calls that their child has been sent to ISS (In School Suspension) for two (2) days; sent home for three (3) days which is Out of School Suspension; or even been tasered. Who expects those calls? Surely, the parent is thinking "Where were the teachers?" "Where was Administration?" "Isn't that punishment too harsh?" Parents want their children to be safe while at school. School is sometimes there only place of safe haven.

Teachers prepare lessons. Teachers teach students. Teachers are nurses via tending to ailments. Teachers are counselors via listening to what is occurring at home. Teachers are ridiculed by society. Teachers are expected to stop fights endangering their own lives (even if it's at the elementary level). Teachers are reprimanded if they break up a fight (incorrectly or inappropriately) and if they don't break up the fight. Sounds like a Catch 22 situation to me. Are parents expecting too much? Are parents expecting for teachers to instill values in their children that they should have learned at home? Of course, school personnel teaches some values. Yet on the other hand, can a teacher talk to a child about fighting or bullying if the parent has a different value or no value at all?

Fighting at schools occurs at the elementary, middle, and High School levels. Fighting occurs amongst all walks of life. Sometimes, because you have students that have been taught "it's not good to fight" will intervene as a Safe School Ambassador and try to break up the fight. Sometimes they are successful. Sometimes, they are not. Noe Nino de Rivera , 17, did not have that outcome. Since it seems everyone is accountable when fights arise, the family of Noe Nino de Rivera is dealing with just this issue. Noe Nino de Rivera is said to have been trying to break UP the fight and wound up fighting for his life. Parents, could more have been done? Parents, should more have been done?

Are schools safe enough? Are teachers doing enough to ensure student safety? Are administrators doing enough for the student body? Are School Districts providing enough tools to ensure schools are not labelled unsafe? Parents, are you asking too much?