Parents At School

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Tom, a 13-year-old boy, was a student at a junior high school in Ohio.( www.linksukstore.com/watches-c-185.html/) He was not a good student. He did not behave well at school. He talked in class, and he was often late. His teachers told him, "Go to the principal's officeJohn Lazares was the principal at Tom's school. Tom went to Mr. Lazarus's office. First Mr. Lazares disciplined? Tom. He told him, "You have to stay at school an extra hour? tomorrow." The Mr. Lazares tried to talk to Tom. Tom didn't pay much attention. "He'll be back in my office soon, "Mr. Lazares thought. He told Tom, "If your teachers send you to my office again, I ' m going to call your mother .I'm going to say, ' The teachers are having problems with your son . Please come to school. I want you to go to classes with himSuddenly Tom sat up in his chair. "Oh, no!" he said. "Don't do that! I don t want my mother at school! I'll be good. I promise."Later, Mr. Lazares thought about Tom's words: "I don't want my mother at school. ""Hmm, "Mr. Lazares thought "Maybe I have a new way to discipline students.In the United States, principals and teachers discipline ...
... students in several ways. The teacher often writes or calls the student's parents. Sometimes students have to stay at school for an extra hour. If a student behaves very badly, the principal can suspend the student. The student cannot come to school for one, two, or three days. Mr. Lazares didn t like to suspend students when he suspended some students, they were happy. "A three-day vacation!" they thought.A few days later, another boy was in Mr. Lazares's office. The boy was not behaving well in class. Mr. Lazares telephoned the boy's parents,' "If you come to school with your son, I won't suspend him/' he said. The boy's father came to school and went with his son to every class. Other students stared at the boy and his father. The boy was embarrassed?. After that, he behaved better. He didn't want his father to come to school again. Other students behaved better, too. They thought, "I don't want my parents to come to school!"That year about 60 parents came to school with children who didn't behave well. The next year only a few parents had to come to school. The students were behaving better.Principals at other schools heard about Mr. Lazares's new way to discipline students. Now principals all over the United States are trying Mr. Lazares's idea. They, too, think that students behave better when parents come to school. During his last summer holiday at university, Bill decided to go traveling because travel broadens the mind. But he also found that it emptied the pockets. Never mind, he said to himself, money is the root of all evils. Or at least it's something you can't take with you when you die. There are many things more important than money. For example, health is better than wealth.Now it's time to get down to business. Bill decided to become a teacher, although his father said those who can, do; those who can t, teach. He tried his best — if a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well. Bill decided the early bird catches the worm and he kept telling his students that early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. But his students didn't share his opinion. They said, better late than never. Bill's warning of a stitch in time saves nine always fell on deaf ears.When the class was too noisy, Bill would shout, "Silence is golden. Don't you know still waters run deep?"In the English speaking class, Bill encouraged the students to speak by saying practice makes perfect. He instructed them to make hay while the sun shines and strike while the iron is hot(www.linksukstore.com/)