Teachers Are Not Magicians: The Shared Responsibility in a Child’s Academic Success.

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For your child to succeed academically, sending him or her to a big school and paying huge school fees is not enough.
Sometimes, most parents think that their children's academic success is tied to the amount of school fees paid, and that after paying the fees, teachers are supposed to perform magic. Hahaha, and I laugh.

The truth remains that teachers are normal human beings just like you; THEY ARE NOT MAGICIANS.

They have lives outside the classroom. They simply follow and deliver what the curriculum directs and might also include some extracurricular activities. It is also worth noting that each lesson has a set period it is meant to last. A teacher cannot spend the whole day teaching just one topic to ensure complete assimilation, especially when they might be handling more than 20 students at once and not just your child. Every student has a different learning pace. We have fast learners, average or moderate learners and slow learners.

This implies that a certain percentage of the responsibility to help a child succeed academically still lies in the hands of the parents. So, as the term resumes, the best thing to do for that child might be to attend to him or her after school. Guide them to revise what the teacher did in class. Work hand in hand with the teacher to help the child become who you want him or her to be.
Getting an extra lesson teacher for the child might also help, but the role of a parent in a child's academic success cannot be overemphasized, especially in the aspect of character formation.

Note that there are certain things a child is supposed to learn from home, and the teacher only builds on that at school. Remember, the first learning institution of a child is the home, and the first teachers are the parents. Also, the child spends more time at home than in school ( just about 8 hours in school ) depending on the child’s level of education and whether the child is a day or boarding student.

Additionally, coupled with the fact that the current education system does not "totally" permit certain patterns of discipline like flogging a child or giving them the punishments of the '90s, this to some extent might make some teachers handicapped in the area of core discipline, especially when it has to do with character and morals. This could result in what we call in computer terms: GIGO (Garbage In, Garbage Out) in schools. Meaning, the way you package your child in terms of character and morals and send them to school is the way they’ll be packaged and returned to you.

Because not every teacher is passionate enough to go the extra mile outside the curriculum to coach these children morally. So, dear parents, we still have work to do to support the teachers and help shape our children into who we want them to become.
Whatever we package today, both at school and at home, will produce ripple effects we will see and feel in society tomorrow.

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