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Show School and 1 Homo by Dr. Daryl J. McCarty Executive Secretary Utah Education Association 6. Ttiou shalt reply to all letters, messages, notes and telephone calls from the school. Every one of them probably has an important bearing on your son or daughter's progress. 7. Thou shalt meet with thy child's teacher as many times as possible. That teacher is your partner, and partners should touch bases. 8. Thou shalt see that thy child attends school every day. This commandment command-ment is not in force when the student has chickenpox. 9. Thou shalt see that thy child gets to school on time. This commandment is always in force. If I had to add a tenth one, it would be: Thou shalt obey the other nine. The State Board of Education Edu-cation and Granite School District devised a list of items that might be called the "Nine Commandments" for parents of students. The commandments are: 1. Thou shalt speak to thy children in a positive manner about school. Your child respects your opinions so if you tell him or her that school should be a valuable experience, the child will believe you. 2. Thou shalt urge thy child to be sensitive to the feelings of other people both children and adults. If every youngster heeded that advice, probably 50 percent of the schools' problems would vanish. 3. Thou shalt encourage thy child to respect himself him-self or herself and the rights and property of others. If every youngster did that, another 30 percent of the educational headaches would disappear. 4. Thou shalt speak with thy child every day about what was done at school. If you're interested, it will probably heighten the interest inter-est of your child. 5. Thou shalt make sure thy child has some quiet time for homework each evening with the TV turned off. It's difficult for your daughter to figure algebraic equations equa-tions while "Fonzie" is on the TV screen flying over 26 barrels astride a motorcycle. |