rs at very youg ages.such as 15 or 16. When a child becomes a parent at that age they do not have much to offer achild because they are still children themselves.Some of these girls have to drop out ofschool to support their children so how in the world can they teach that child withoutknowledge. It is easy to see how the parents cannot be of much help in some cases.If the parent did not graduate then they might not stress getting an education to their children. The students themselves lack motivation and common goals. These kids do notsee what the point of an education is and what the benefits of school are. If the paremts do not show any interest do you really expect the child to do so?Some of these kids live in bad environments surrounded by crime, poverty, and hopelessness. A lot of the children just live day to day and sometimes do not expect to see tomorrow. The whole issue of school and academics in general, they believe, is irrelevant to their lives. Other students lack motivating and caring teachers to give themhelping hand. These teachers are mostly not qualified to perform the position that they were hired for in the first place. The results are that the child ends up failing and so does the system. The system is failing the kids by giving them unqualified and uncertifiedteachers Most studies show that too many teachers are either un or underqualified. The processby which teachers become recognized by the state as expert teachers is called teachercertification. That is a very nice definition but we all know that certification does not equal qualification. Ill prepared teachers contribute to the country’s difficulty in raisingstudent achievement. The recruitment of qualified teachers for urban schools is particularly difficult so two-thirds of urban districts allow people to teach without a license. There is a heavy demand for teachers and it is expected to increase not declinebecause student enrollments have rea...
