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[Wangja]

From this board, I thought I had learned that this only happened in Korea ...

[Yu_Bum_suk]

Thanks for pointing this out. Here are some free intro paragraphs from Time's site:

If my boss doesn't let me leave on good terms I'm phoning some of the parents with a Korean friend. I would just love to talk to some of them.


"If you could walk past the teachers' lounge and listen in, what sorts of stories would you hear? An Iowa high school counselor gets a call from a parent protesting the C her child received on an assignment. " The parent argued every point in the essay," recalls the counselor, who soon realized why the mother was so upset about the grade. " It became apparent that she'd written it." A sixth-grade teacher in California tells a girl in her class that she needs to work on her reading at home, not just in school. " Her mom came in the next day," the teacher says, " and started yelling at me that I had...

Kids thrive when they feel the adults in their lives see them in a consistent way. So parents and teachers should try to use the precious minutes of a conference to reach an agreement about a child's strengths and challenges and to unite on the best ways they each can respond to them. Here are some tips on how to build a relationship that will benefit all: 1. Be there. Research shows that children do better academically when both parents attend conferences and PTA meetings. A parental no-show sends a message to a child that maybe school isn't such a high priority--or perhaps that the child isn't. 2....

[Draven]

Link?

[Yu_Bum_suk]