07 Jun 2007 10:56 PM

It Boils Down To The Youths Themselves

I REFER to \\\" Some of the things students hate in school \\\" and \\\" Why children run away \\\" , on youth.

While the former put the blame on teachers for making students\\\' lives miserable in school and causing them to \\\"hate school\\\", the latter seemed to emphasise that \\\"home environment, such as pressure and stress, family conflict, poverty, physical, sexual or psychological abuse\\\" are the cause for teenage runaways.

I believe it\\\'s a \\\"lose-lose\\\" situation, both for teachers and parents. While some say that teachers play a crucial role in shaping the future of these youths, guiding, supporting, and helping them; others claim that it is actually the parents\\\' main and ultimate task. As a matter of fact, both parties would always be blamed, regardless of the mountains of efforts that they have put into giving thier absolute best to \\\"these young ones\\\".

Indeed, it seems rather convenient to point fingers at teachers and parents, rather than finding solutions to curb the youths\\\' social problems, when in fact it boils down to the youths themselves.

I have witnessed how parents and teachers, despite their best intentions, break down and become remorseful due to the constant blame game.

I oppose the statement...claim that teachers would blackmail students whose parents oppose their ways of treating their children.

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