Retired teacher’s brutally honest words to parents criticizing the system go viral

The vast majority of people have opinions on things like childcare, education and the school system overall.

After all, what’s more important than knowing the absolute utmost is being done to safely and correctly nurture the next generation of kids as they navigate arguably the most pivotal stage of their lives?

That said, of all the people ready to pick apart and be critical of aspects relating to education, few can can say that their opinions are as resounding as a certain retired teacher who went viral a few years back.

The educator in question, one Lisa Roberson, wrote an open letter published in a newspaper named the Augusta Chronicle in 2017, and her words continue to spark debate about whether parents or teachers are to blame for the current perceived issues with the school system.

It’s important to note that this letter was penned pre-pandemic, and so came before the time where sweeping changes were implemented to ensure that education could continue in the face of COVID.

Many of said changes during that difficult time were met with divided reactions among the people of the US, so it’s clear that folk have a good deal to say on the state of the education system and what might be done to fix it.

For Lisa Roberson, however, the problem lies not with teachers – as has been claimed in certain sectors over recent years – but with the parents of the kids themselves…

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