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“Hay salamat klase na, ya nay
sagdahonon sa bayay!” These words were overheard
from a parent who heaved a sigh of relief that their naughty children are now
in school. “Mak-trabaho na ko nan yay mag
samok-samok!”
Kurtz
(2022) reported that in districts that were offering mostly remote or hybrid
instruction last school year, 71 percent of survey respondents said students
are misbehaving more this school year, compared with 52 percent from districts
that had offered mostly in-person instruction the previous year.
Lately,
there was a student who got hospitalized due to physical injuries. He was
mauled by school mates. Some learners were also reported defecating on their
classroom’s floor. Worse, cursing among learners in the elementary intensified.
Some kindergarten teachers are complaining about their daily struggle with the
unruly kids.
The
ironic thing is this: Lots of parents are now happy that their peace is back
that the in-person classes are back.
According
to Nierva (2009), parent involvement in the Philippines is vague because there
is still a need to improve parent involvement practices, especially those
promoting the parents’ active involvement in the child’s learning at home and in
school. Much of the practices of Filipino are brought about by history
including the ways parents raise their children.
There
is still a need to educate the adults that the attitude and well-being of
children are PRIMARY responsibilities of the parents, not the teachers.
In
order for a child to succeed, parents exert a lot of influence on their child's
cognitive development in the early years and thus, the contact between home and
school should be maintained, especially during the primary school years (Ho,
2009).
So,
what then? Will the teachers just shrug their shoulders and allow these truant
creatures to thrive?
For
starters, let us visit their houses and see the ecology which might be the
causal factor of the learners’ behavior. We then say: KAYA PALA! Then, we can
introduce their parents to the registered social workers of our place.
Since
our hands are full, we can report them to such authorities so that they will be
reprimanded for their irresponsibility.
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