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[kadaria.livejournal.com]

The teacher is correct and the cartoonist is mistaken as to how children learn. Parents play a big role in their offspring's life whether they want to or not, and affect how a child learns. A lot of the homework being sent home at the elementary level is as much for the parents/guardians as it is for the kids and when you have parents who either can't or won't participate it reflects in both the child's approach to learning (reading is for sissy boys) and the rate at which they learn (practice makes permanent).

Unfortunately for the dear cartoonist, teaching is not something everyone can do but it is something that everyone must participate in for it to work.

[i.livejournal.com]

i like this answer, although i don't think the cartoonist was taking sides.

[kadaria.livejournal.com]

I'm honestly not sure what the cartoonist was trying to say with this, but I got a negative vibe from it initially.