In my 22 years as an elementary school teacher, my experience has been that

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Mar 27, 2020
4:54:00pm

Loon to the Moon All-American

In my 22 years as an elementary school teacher, my experience has been that

students, and especially parents, care more about points and grades than we teachers do.

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Loon to the Moon

Previous username: loonmj
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Last login: May 20, 2024
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Getting super frustrated with the ridiculous workload elementary teachers are

BigEasyCougar

3/27/20 3:00pm

I appreciate the effort by the teachers. It's good to keep them focused on something besides netflix and video games.

Grit for Brains

3/27/20 3:01pm

Maybe you need to tell them that.

O Gaucho

3/27/20 3:02pm

Our kids are finishing their work super fast. I'd actually think they should be

fattycoug

3/27/20 3:03pm

Agreed. It’s been tough for the teachers because this is new for many of them...

brj8

3/27/20 3:03pm

don't do it. too much work is not going to help. this coming from a Jr. high teacher.

3/27/20 3:03pm

I don't understand why everyone thinks they're bored

2FarGone

3/27/20 3:04pm

I'm curious what you have your kids doing. We're basically all netflix, video

Jay Rick

3/27/20 3:56pm

Out of curiosity, public school or charter school? And what state? Here in AZ our school district just sent out

scall

3/27/20 3:04pm

Texas

BigEasyCougar

3/27/20 3:13pm

I feel your pain, the 1st grader Chinese immersion hangout this morning was epic

braddahmike

3/27/20 3:06pm

MY kids take 1-2 hours per day total for all schools work. Been nice for them.

3/27/20 3:06pm

We are the opposite. Our teacher is treating it like she is on holiday.

darkcoug

3/27/20 3:07pm

Let’s trade 😊

BigEasyCougar

3/27/20 3:14pm

I teach middle school.

Jeff75

3/27/20 3:07pm

That would be great.

BigEasyCougar

3/27/20 3:14pm

They're trying to teach like it's a 30 child classroom and it's not anymore.

Harbinger

3/27/20 3:14pm

We did this for a couple of our elementary school kids. Kind of. My wife

RealComfortableJeans

3/27/20 3:21pm

Parents need to remember elementary schools can't require anything! It's on you!

runnincoug

3/27/20 3:41pm

The assignments are graded. But you may be right.

BigEasyCougar

3/27/20 3:58pm

Elementary grades are meaningless. The point is to tell parents how a kid is

runnincoug

3/27/20 4:03pm

RE: Elementary grades are meaningless. The point is to tell parents how a kid is

Nakedbootleg

3/27/20 4:09pm

In my 22 years as an elementary school teacher, my experience has been that

Loon to the Moon

3/27/20 4:54pm

^^^They don’t have to do it.

Nakedbootleg

3/27/20 3:46pm

I teach fifth grade. So far most parents have been very appreciative of the

Loon to the Moon

3/27/20 4:50pm

Thanks to you and all the teachers out there.

Nakedbootleg

3/27/20 5:11pm

I appreciate your perspective. I don’t think my daughter’s teacher would respond

BigEasyCougar

3/27/20 5:17pm

Well that's not good. It sounds like her teacher is unreasonable. I'm sorry. But

Loon to the Moon

3/27/20 5:26pm

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