In a novel called "The Road", written by Cormac McCarthy, a child and father of the child are introduced. The boy learns how the life works and how to survive in a harsh atmosphere. Just like the boy in "The Road", children, in general, learn quite a lot of stuff from their parents. Parents can be the very fundamental teachers of children in children's learning, however they cannot be the best teachers.
First, parents, obviously, do not have enough knowledge to teach their children. Some parents could not be able to get the knowledge from their own learning. For example, there are some possibilities of parents in Africa that they could not get their education when they were children. Thus, it is impossible for them to teach their own children. On the other hand, since the professional teachers learn the exact knowledge to teach the children.
Secondly, even if the parents have the ample amount of knowledge to teach their children, they still cannot be the best teachers, since they do not know the efficient way to teach. For example, I usually help my brother when he needs help in mathematics. For me, the mathematics that he is doing is very simple, since he is in seventh grade and I am in eleventh. So, I usually get a bit irritated and frustrated when he does not understand the concept that I am explaining. It is thus because I did not learn how to teach. I bet one of the learning to become a teacher must be patient!
To sum up, parents cannot be the best teachers with the reasons as I explained above, which were lack of knowledge and inefficient way to teach. It is very fortunate that I have a lot of teachers around me, my school teacher, my parents, and my friends. I would say that they are all valuable! |