Isn't Seven Part Harmony Wonderful?

Who knows what seven part harmony is? No, it's not some new musical group or even some new music. It's all about education. It's who's responsible for education to be exact.  If a young person is failing in a subject there are usually one of two people to blame, so the thinking goes. The first person people usually look at is the student, but the first person to get any blame is the teacher.  If you think about it, there's seven directions to look in.  The student and teacher are in this group, but aren't necessarily the guilty parties. There's also the parent(s). But that's not all. Anyone think it could be the administration at school? Yep, that principal is every bit as responsible for each and every student as the student. No kid should get even close to failing a subject without a flag going up that sets in motion a series of events to get that student some individual attention before it's too late, no exception. And then there's the school board. Think their hands are clean? Think the only reason for having a school board is to get your kid a job in education after college? Think again, because any student that fails any subject is an inditement against the board as well.  Okay so that's five part harmony, but what about the other two? Well, the state and federal governments make up the sixth. I lump them together because they're cut from the same stripe. They're politicians. Their interests are more intuned with the more important issues of our day. Like getting reelected or getting a good lobbying job, then with education. As long as there's testing going on, they don't want to know any more. Well then who's left? Tax payers, that's who. Instead of worrying about why school taxes are so high, worry about whether or not their kids are getting their money's worth. No one group is going to improve our education process alone, but no improvement is going to happen until each begins to accept some responsibility and does something constructive.