I’m an MCPS teacher, AMA!

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Anonymous wrote:How do we remediate learning loss that we are currently experiencing?

I don't know, maybe do your job as a parent?

Lol, you and the loser below are clearly not teachers (and definitely not the OP of this thread). You folks sure are triggered by those seeking system wide change.

“Loser?” “Triggered?” Are you 12?

Oh, and you’re not getting “systemwide change,” but feel free to continue wasting your time.

Posters here have complained that students cannot write at HS level, that MS is too easy, and that the prep for AP classes is terrible. Yet the only time you (parent blamer) and the one trick pony (free tutoring lady) show yourselves is at the mention of “learning loss.” So yes, you are the names I called you.

DP. For every parent who says MS is too easy, there’s one who says it’s too demanding.

More reason to allow for tracking starting MS. MCPS encourages all kids to take AP classes, so if in HS, the kid wants to start taking more rigorous classes, they can. But, not preparing even kids who plan on taking AP classes starting freshmen year is a disservice to all kids who want to take more rigorous classes.

MCPS is too worried about closing the achievement gap. IMO, if they prepare some kids even more starting in MS they're probably afraid the gap will get bigger.

Honestly how can MS be too demanding? They have so little HW, and with grade inflation,and the 50% rule, there is nothing challenging about MS.

Some MS math and world language classes can be challenging. The rest are not.

I think Global Humanities is pretty involved and demanding. And this is tracking. Couple it with world language, advanced math, and maybe orchestra and you have a pretty good schedule.

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Anonymous wrote:How do we remediate learning loss that we are currently experiencing?

I don't know, maybe do your job as a parent?

Lol, you and the loser below are clearly not teachers (and definitely not the OP of this thread). You folks sure are triggered by those seeking system wide change.

System wide change? You mean parents holding themselves responsible for once? Never gonna happen,but that'd be nice. No one is "triggered" we just deal with the repercussions of you not raising your kids on a daily basis.

If you actually believed that, you would have scolded the parents who said their kids weren’t prepped for APs or can’t write. But no, we see what set you off to mean comments. Happens in nearly every thread these days.

Parent teacher conferences just happened.. you’d never believe the incredulous “my child acts like that?! It will end tonight…” cue to the next day and their kid acts exactly the same. You all have a role. It’s very easy to blame someone else. No one is scolding anyone. Not sure where the disconnect is. Parents seem to want to be victims instead of being responsible. Immature people blame everyone else. We’re mean. It’s the schools fault! I get this has been your laurel to rest on since 2020 but at some point, you’re going to have to take responsibility.

Claps hands! YES! Because I have 4 kids. We have been through the pandemic, did the virtual and not ONE of my kids misbehave in school, not ONE of my kids is below grade level in any subject and not ONE of my kids has mental health issues. One developed a tic due to wearing her mask when she had a cold and masking her cough. It has been resolved with therapy. We made sure we adjusted our lives to ensure that our children were loved, safe, made to feel important (the amount of parents I hear blaming all of their extra work, stress, etc on dealing with kids through the pandemic is gross. It is NOT their fault! How does that make them feel?), making sure work was done and each subject was practiced, and we took a family run or walk every day after dinner to make sure we stayed healthy and spent time together. It really was not all that hard. And, no we are not some W family making uber millions.

Translation: Parents, it's all your fault that your kids have mental health issues or are struggling in school. Figure it out.

… are you waiting for applause? It’s never coming. This is all on you. I’m sorry that people are finally placing the blame where it should be, but you chose to have kids. Time to do that job. Whether there’s a global pandemic or not- that is what you signed up for. It’s seriously pathetic that you seek to blame others or that you need to find excuses. You had a kid- it is not a schools responsibility to raise them. I’m truly sorry this is your mindset bc life for your kid must be hell.

DP. I'm confused. Do you genuinely believe learning loss/mental health issues will resolve themselves once parents inevitably "realize" it is up to them and nobody else to address the consequences of the pandemic? Or do you simply believe it won't affect you if millions of kids are unable to get their mental health issues treated (fyi I did get my child's mental health issues treated but our HHI is double the county median income and we got in with a specialized therapist before her wait-list became endless, you cannot honestly think the majority of families can pay for this, even if they did the system is horrifically unprepared) or recover academically? I'm guessing you think since you got yours you can't be bothered to care about anyone else. That speaks volumes about your character, or lack thereof.

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PSA if you are on her blaming parents for their kids' mental health issues because you have FOUR kids and not ONE has mental health issues you are not an empathetic, kind or very smart person. The roots of mental illness are complex and while trauma from abusive parenting can certainly cause mental health problems, it is far from the only cause. As the parent of a child with a mental illness, and certainly exacerbated by school closures, social isolation and yes, masks (feel free to deny, I DGAF) which we know is NOT caused by trauma, I find these types of comments not simply ignorant, but abusive. You may think there are not consequences to posting this garbage on an anonymous forum, but you should know that you are actively making the world a worse place.

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If you are on here claiming to be both a good person and a good parent while talking about mental illness in the most ignorant and offensive way possible, I have news for you. You are not a good person and you are likely not teaching your children empathy. I hope your children pick it up somewhere else.