It is often said that parents are the best teachers. Although some people may agree with the following statement above, I personally believe that there are some shortcomings and my view can be greatly substantiated by the reasons addressed below.
First of all, parents are not professionally trained. In other words, they are not professionals; thus, unprofessional education is insufficient for children. Each child has different study problems and it is a teacher job to find out their problem and solve it together so that their study skill can be developed. However, parents do not have much schooling experience as a teacher has, and have not professionally trained before; thus, not only they have difficulty to find out what their problem is but also they have the lack of knowledge. For example, when I asked to my mother about biology or geology question, she didn’t know. Even though she learned it from her school, it’s been a long time since she graduated and she would probably forget about it unless she studied continually.
Secondly, it is not effective to be learned from their parents. In other words, children feel comfortable to be with their parents and it doesn’t cost money; thus, they feel more comfortable and do not feel pressure. It would be difficult to concentrate on their study and it would be hard to make a study atmosphere. When I study with a professional teacher, I’d concentrate well and do homework well and I would be more responsible. However, if my mom were teaching me, I would not do homework well making many excuses and I would not be much responsible as I do with a teacher because tutoring is free, so I feel comfortable.
Some might argue that parents are the best teachers because they are always with them and cares most about them. But this has to do more with love than intellectual point of view.
In conclusion, I disagree with the statement that parents are the best teachers. This is because they are not professionally trained and parents do not have great impact to their children when they are teachers. However, this is intellectual point of view. When we consider our life as a big picture, parents are the best teacher. We can learn something valuable that school doesn’t teach and in that perspective, they are the best teachers. |