Education is not just mathematics and literacy. English textbooks come with answers al the back. Real life doesn't come with a backpack of answers so they will have to find their way. Are you preparing them for days when they will have to choose between good and bad, days when they will struggle to stay alive, days when they will have to pick truth over personal gain?
Will they have the answers printed in their hearts?
Who is preparing our children for the street? Who is preparing them for the days when they have to choose? Even as we are concerned with our children getting all As, we must realize that education is a lot more than that. Maths, English and Science are all good but we must come to a place where we consciously bring all these learning together to achieve a common good.
There is a good lesson in every course and that’s what we should be teaching along with formulas and chemical equations.