{"id":33069,"date":"2026-08-21T14:02:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T14:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=33069"},"modified":"2026-08-21T14:02:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T14:02:01","slug":"retired-teachers-honest-message-to-parents-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=33069","title":{"rendered":"Retired Teacher\u2019s Honest Message to Parents Goes Viral."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"32\" data-end=\"110\"><strong data-start=\"32\" data-end=\"110\">A Retired Teacher Said Parents, Not Teachers, Are the Problem With Schools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"112\" data-end=\"230\">Retired teacher Lisa Roberson sparked a major debate with an open letter published in the <em data-start=\"202\" data-end=\"221\">Augusta Chronicle<\/em> in 2017.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"232\" data-end=\"357\">She argued that teachers are often blamed for problems they cannot control\u2014and that parents need to take more responsibility.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"359\" data-end=\"425\">\n<p data-start=\"361\" data-end=\"425\"><strong data-start=\"361\" data-end=\"425\">\u201cThe teachers are not the problem! Parents are the problem!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"427\" data-end=\"697\">Roberson said many students arrive at school without basic supplies, manners, respect, or the preparation needed to learn. She claimed teachers often end up buying supplies themselves while also dealing with students who aren&#8217;t completing homework or listening in class.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"699\" data-end=\"744\">She also questioned how involved parents are:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"746\" data-end=\"951\">\n<li data-section-id=\"17175hg\" data-start=\"746\" data-end=\"779\">Do they attend parent meetings?<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"19e5pcc\" data-start=\"780\" data-end=\"816\">Do they communicate with teachers?<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1ik17z8\" data-start=\"817\" data-end=\"856\">Do they make sure homework gets done?<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1uh2si9\" data-start=\"857\" data-end=\"905\">Do their children have the supplies they need?<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"v123d6\" data-start=\"906\" data-end=\"951\">Do they teach their children basic respect?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"953\" data-end=\"978\">Her conclusion was blunt:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"980\" data-end=\"1037\"><strong data-start=\"980\" data-end=\"1037\">\u201cTeachers cannot do their jobs and the parents\u2019 job.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1039\" data-end=\"1160\">The letter quickly spread online and continues to spark debate over who should be held responsible when schools struggle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Retired Teacher Said Parents, Not Teachers, Are the Problem With Schools Retired teacher Lisa Roberson sparked a major debate with an open letter published in the Augusta Chronicle in 2017. She argued that teachers are often blamed for problems they cannot control\u2014and that parents need to take more responsibility. \u201cThe teachers are not the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=33069\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Retired Teacher\u2019s Honest Message to Parents Goes Viral.&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33071,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33069\/revisions\/33071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}