Ontario teachers encouraged by union to do bare minimum on fall report cards

Ontario teachers encouraged by union to do bare minimum on fall report cards

Published Thursday, Oct. 18 2012, 9:58 AM EDT
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/ontario-teachers-encouraged-by-union-to-do-bare-minimum-on-fall-report-cards/article4620284/


Summary:

Ontario elementary teachers have been advised to write the bare minimum on fall report cards. This representing symbol saying that the teachers are unhappy with the provincial government. Teachers are not required to fill the space on the report card but they are meeting the Ministry of Education's minimum requirements by only writing one sentence. Teachers have also been pulling back on volunteer teacher meetings, coaching, clubs, and parent teacher meetings because of the displeasure with the provincial government. A parent in the Toronto district area already complained that her sons report card has come back with no comments on their report cards.





Opinion:

I think as a teacher you should be obligated to help your students work past their potential and help them whenever they need it. These teachers are doing the bare minimum for the kids; they should be thinking about the kids and how they are doing instead of the provincial government. These kids need the education to go forth and complete a degree in University or get a job in which you get paid well. I also think that the teachers should not be taking out their frustrations on the kids by giving them a comment free report card when they go home. The main goal for every school is to help kids learn and achieve their personal goal in reality. If the teachers keep on doing the bare minimum for the kids then they will have a difficult future to deal with.