teachers have little time to adapt. This frustration can be passed onto the students who are also expected to cope with more studies. Are these expectations realistic for either teacher or child? Is it necessary for teachers to handle all students, including those with problems, in the same classroom as all the other students? Does this help the students becomeWhat is the role of the school in today's society? Are the schools supposed to prepare our students for the workplace or to prepare them for everyday life? Educating today's children becomes more complex every year as educators are striving to keep up with new demands while parents are becoming increasingly frustrated with school issues. It may be easy to blame school administration and school boards. But we need to think about the broader issue what comprises an education and who is responsible for teaching children certain fundamental lessons.

Right now it seems that the school systems are expected to teach our children everything and the schools are expected to turn out a well-rounded child. All concerned seem to blame the schools for any failure in this enormous task. Is this really a fair indictment of the school system? Shouldn't parents return to a more active role in educating children? Is there a role required of other segments of society besides the schools? Perhaps we need to examine where the responsibility needs to be placed.

In the past several decades, the structure of the family has changed dramatically. Society expects the schools to teach an increasing number of young people more than academics. The schools are perhaps expected to replace the nuclear family as the means of producing well-rounded citizens. As schools take on the responsibility of teaching more than the traditional academic subjects, teachers have little time to adapt. This frustration can be passed onto the students who are also expected to cope with more studies. Are these expectations realistic for either teacher or child? Is it necessary for teachers to handle all students, including those with problems, in the same classroom as all the other students? Does this help the students become

school administration and school boards. But we need to think about the broader issue what comprises an education and who is responsible for teaching children certain fundamental lessons.

Right now it seems that the school systems are expected to teach our children everything and the schools are expected to turn out a well-rounded child. All concerned seem to blame the schools for any failure in this enormous task. Is this really a fair indictment of the school system? Shouldn't parents return to a more active role in educating children? Is there a role required of other segments of society besides the schools? Perhaps we need to examine where the responsibility needs to be placed.

In the past several decades, the structure of the family has changed dramatically. Society expects the schools to teach an increasing number of young people more than academics. The schools are perhaps expected to replace the nuclear family as the means of producing well-rounded citizens. As schools take on the responsibility of teaching more than the traditional academic subjects, teachers have little time to adapt. This frustration can be passed onto the students who are also expected to cope with more studies. Are these expectations realistic for either teacher or child? Is it necessary for teachers to handle all students, including those with problems, in the same classroom as all the other students? Does this help the students become

em to blame the schools for any failure in this enormous task. Is this really a fair indictment of the school system? Shouldn't parents return to a more active role in educating children? Is there a role required of other segments of society besides the schools? Perhaps we need to examine where the responsibility needs to be placed.

In the past several decades, the structure of the family has changed dramatically. Society expects the schools to teach an increasing number of young people more than academics. The schools are perhaps expected to replace the nuclear family as the means of producing well-rounded citizens. As schools take on the responsibility of teaching more than the traditional academic subjects, teachers have little time to adapt. This frustration can be passed onto the students who are also expected to cope with more studies. Are these expectations realistic for either teacher or child? Is it necessary for teachers to handle all students, including those with problems, in the same classroom as all the other students? Does this help the students become

cades, the structure of the family has changed dramatically. Society expects the schools to teach an increasing number of young people more than academics. The schools are perhaps expected to replace the nuclear family as the means of producing well-rounded citizens. As schools take on the responsibility of teaching more than the traditional academic subjects, teachers have little time to adapt. This frustration can be passed onto the students who are also expected to cope with more studies. Are these expectations realistic for either teacher or child? Is it necessary for teachers to handle all students, including those with problems, in the same classroom as all the other students? Does this help the students becometeachers have little time to adapt. This frustration can be passed onto the students who are also expected to cope with more studies. Are these expectations realistic for either teacher or child? Is it necessary for teachers to handle all students, including those with problems, in the same classroom as all the other students? Does this help the students become well educated? There are many lofty goals for our school systems today but perhaps we should reconsider what we are expecting school to achieve. Some of these duties may rightfully belong in the hands of other segments of society.

Education is more than classroom studies in a structured environment. Some lessons are better taught in other venues and a parent should not expect the school to handle these areas. For example, love is a concept that comes from the home. What educators are finding is that if there isn't love in the child's home, related concepts like respect get lost at school.

While the student is expected to learn and participate at school, the burdens of today's schooling may overload the student and interfere with proper learning. Teaching techniques may be inadequate to keep pace with rapidly changing technology. Schools are indeed bogged down with too many diverse demands.

We cannot expect schools to teach everything a child needs to understand about the world. Schools can and should provide a forum for a child to learn, grow, and succeed. However, it's parents and society as a whole who must provide suitable role models for children to become active and productive citizens.