Teachers to Grade Parents? Bad Move!!

On January 19th, I heard something on the news about new rules that were purposed about teachers grading parents. REALLY????
Last time I checked, I send my kids to school for the TEACHERS to TEACH them. Now all of a sudden Parents are expected to be teaching at home as well. Now I understand that parents should be a part of the education, however, if my child doesn't understand something, and I am not able, or I myself don't have the answer, or I do not have the time to help them because I am busy working to pay bills, and put groceries in the fridge, and cooking to fill the familys belly, I would hope that the school is going to be able to help my child and the teacher is not putting all the resonsibility on me. Last time I checked, we pay taxes so our children can go to school and get an education.

Being Canadian, and being in the school system, I understand that the teachers are doing the best they can (I hope). I know that the government is busy changing policies. My year was the first going through highschool without OAC (after grade 12). The teachers had to reconstruct the way they were teaching to conform to the new standards. I guess that was quite the process for the educators, however, I don't think parents should need to do more for their children than making sure they are doing the homework, and encouraging the child to find their own answers using the many sources available.


I heard that this new rule they were trying to pass did not go too well because people were concerned that grading the parents would cause even more tension in the relationship between teachers and parents. Not to mention that the teachers would have more work to do on top of the things they are already resposible for, such as grading, and inputting marks and making the teaching plan for the day/week/month.
I personally have seen a difference in the way the teachers handles the students. Perhaps it is the parents and students that should be grading the teachers. I notice that alot of the teachers are expecting the parents to teach the child if the child is having issues. I truly believe that teachers are getting paid to teach, and they chose this field therefore they should be doing all they can for their students. Having said all this, I will say that these days only a handful of teachers are dedicated to teaching.