Schools

Over the past 40 or so years, teachers have been asked to take on responsibilities normally assigned to parents. This is going on while subject matter is increasingly more complicated. This is the result of more students coming from homes where education is not a priority, homes where poverty leads to crime and homes where there is often no father present. This is tragic for these young people but the burden to make things right should not fall on the teachers. They need to concentrate on the 3-R's. Society in general must take up the task of helping these misguided students and it should start with the most vulnerable, those who live in the poor inner city neighborhoods. One of the first steps would be to allow inner city students to be bused to schools in the burbs.