1st grade is a bad as we suspected

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Anonymous wrote:The first graders are going to be fine. Yes, last year sucked but catching up K and 1st grade work isn’t going to be a big problem. I’m thankful I didn’t have an older child that was missing more advanced classes.

-parent of a 1st grader

The older kids are fine. Their teachers actually taught their full curriculum last year. And they already know how to function in a school environment.

Lmao! No one taught or learned the “full curriculum” last year, and no one learned anything for the last 1/3rd of 2020. No grade is fine.

My 8th grader is 100% fine, not behind, not struggling.

My 6th grade DD is 100% fine academically as well. It's been a rough transition for the whole school behaviorally, per the principal.

Yeah. Its sad when the discipline of the children is left up to the parents for 18 months, and this is the result. Previous generations of parents at least had behavioral expectations for their kids, and would have been upset at the child if they misbehaved at school, rather than blame the school.

Yeah, definitely the parents’ fault that young kids are having trouble with behaving appropriately in a classroom setting after being deprived of one for 18 months.

These kids are having trouble behaving in every setting including at home. Parents sometimes bring in their kids for conferences and then you can see who rules the roost at home (hint: it's not the parents).

Some kids literally haven’t heard the word NO in 18 months and it shows.

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Anonymous wrote:The first graders are going to be fine. Yes, last year sucked but catching up K and 1st grade work isn’t going to be a big problem. I’m thankful I didn’t have an older child that was missing more advanced classes.

-parent of a 1st grader

The older kids are fine. Their teachers actually taught their full curriculum last year. And they already know how to function in a school environment.

Lmao! No one taught or learned the “full curriculum” last year, and no one learned anything for the last 1/3rd of 2020. No grade is fine.

My 8th grader is 100% fine, not behind, not struggling.

My 6th grade DD is 100% fine academically as well. It's been a rough transition for the whole school behaviorally, per the principal.

Yeah. Its sad when the discipline of the children is left up to the parents for 18 months, and this is the result. Previous generations of parents at least had behavioral expectations for their kids, and would have been upset at the child if they misbehaved at school, rather than blame the school.

Yeah, definitely the parents’ fault that young kids are having trouble with behaving appropriately in a classroom setting after being deprived of one for 18 months.

These kids are having trouble behaving in every setting including at home. Parents sometimes bring in their kids for conferences and then you can see who rules the roost at home (hint: it's not the parents).

Some kids literally haven’t heard the word NO in 18 months and it shows.

Or ever. I have kindergarten and first graders telling me no nearly every day. Some have very bad reactions to being told no. The conferences I've attended with parents are eye-opening. The parents often admit that they give the kids what they want. We had a few kids refuse to give up ipads after testing. The parents said that they fall asleep at home with their tablets because they don't want to give them up. It's been very, very draining.

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I'm a 2nd grade teacher and am quitting after this year to teach at an independent school that didn't have closures last year. The kids are all so behind, the benchmarks I've done are abysmal. Too many behavior problems and many kids who really should be in contained classes. I have 4 kids right now that consume 75% of my time. I simply can't spread myself this thin. Looking forward to.smaller classes and not having to deal with an inclusion classroom with kids who might never catch up.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a 2nd grade teacher and am quitting after this year to teach at an independent school that didn't have closures last year. The kids are all so behind, the benchmarks I've done are abysmal. Too many behavior problems and many kids who really should be in contained classes. I have 4 kids right now that consume 75% of my time. I simply can't spread myself this thin. Looking forward to.smaller classes and not having to deal with an inclusion classroom with kids who might never catch up.

don’t let the door hit you …

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a 2nd grade teacher and am quitting after this year to teach at an independent school that didn't have closures last year. The kids are all so behind, the benchmarks I've done are abysmal. Too many behavior problems and many kids who really should be in contained classes. I have 4 kids right now that consume 75% of my time. I simply can't spread myself this thin. Looking forward to.smaller classes and not having to deal with an inclusion classroom with kids who might never catch up.

don’t let the door hit you …

You don't like it when someone else makes it so you can no longer deny your kid is a brat! +10000 for PP.

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The 4 kids sucking up 75% of the attention sounds about right! And the only parents offended are those of the 4 kids. I SOOO wish I could convince DH to do private. It does get marginally better in MS thankfully. I recommend an instrument over chorus or art because that’s where all the lazy kids go. PE is the only place the f-ups cannot be avoided.

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I just got my kids state testing results and was pleasantly surprised. He made the benchmark score in every category. Not by much, but good enough.

But yes, last year was a mistake. Our society has too many holes to close something like a school, which is all some kids can rely on. But schools can’t do it all, so there are still going to be issues.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a 2nd grade teacher and am quitting after this year to teach at an independent school that didn't have closures last year. The kids are all so behind, the benchmarks I've done are abysmal. Too many behavior problems and many kids who really should be in contained classes. I have 4 kids right now that consume 75% of my time. I simply can't spread myself this thin. Looking forward to.smaller classes and not having to deal with an inclusion classroom with kids who might never catch up.

As an elementary school teacher this is 100%. I'm only hanging on at this point for the retirement benefits. I absolutely do not serve my neurotypical kids as they should. I'm burnt out and done.

I actually have 3 right now that are hell on earth that cause constant chaos. I have to back blender the academically independent and advanced kids. Worksheets are my version of tablets.

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Not at all surprised to hear that some kids are really struggling to be back in school. Not everyone had parents who could work from home or dedicate hours during the workday to help them with virtual school. There was a kid in my 2nd grader’s class last year who had to do virtual school from his mother’s car. FROM THE CAR. Another kid in the same class was in a different location every day, it seemed, depending on her parents’ work schedule. There were other kids who sort of just disappeared and never logged on. Who knows what their home situation was last year.

So yeah, some kids probably didn’t hear the word “no” very much last year, or had way too much screen time. Maybe that was the best the parents could do given their situation. Hell, some kids have lost family members to COVID.

It’s ironic that we have teachers here saying “I can’t do this, it’s too hard” who are simultaneously blasting parents for not doing more last year when juggling their kids’ virtual school with full time jobs of their own.

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Anonymous wrote:Not at all surprised to hear that some kids are really struggling to be back in school. Not everyone had parents who could work from home or dedicate hours during the workday to help them with virtual school. There was a kid in my 2nd grader’s class last year who had to do virtual school from his mother’s car. FROM THE CAR. Another kid in the same class was in a different location every day, it seemed, depending on her parents’ work schedule. There were other kids who sort of just disappeared and never logged on. Who knows what their home situation was last year.

So yeah, some kids probably didn’t hear the word “no” very much last year, or had way too much screen time. Maybe that was the best the parents could do given their situation. Hell, some kids have lost family members to COVID.

It’s ironic that we have teachers here saying “I can’t do this, it’s too hard” who are simultaneously blasting parents for not doing more last year when juggling their kids’ virtual school with full time jobs of their own.

DP here. We are blaming the behavioral issues on the parents. If it was just learning loss I think that would be easier to understand. But it’s the abysmal behavior too.

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Anonymous wrote:Not at all surprised to hear that some kids are really struggling to be back in school. Not everyone had parents who could work from home or dedicate hours during the workday to help them with virtual school. There was a kid in my 2nd grader’s class last year who had to do virtual school from his mother’s car. FROM THE CAR. Another kid in the same class was in a different location every day, it seemed, depending on her parents’ work schedule. There were other kids who sort of just disappeared and never logged on. Who knows what their home situation was last year.

So yeah, some kids probably didn’t hear the word “no” very much last year, or had way too much screen time. Maybe that was the best the parents could do given their situation. Hell, some kids have lost family members to COVID.

It’s ironic that we have teachers here saying “I can’t do this, it’s too hard” who are simultaneously blasting parents for not doing more last year when juggling their kids’ virtual school with full time jobs of their own.

DP here. We are blaming the behavioral issues on the parents. If it was just learning loss I think that would be easier to understand. But it’s the abysmal behavior too.

It’s two sides of the same coin. It wasn’t business as usual for most families. Parents were scrambling trying to hold down full time jobs while having to tend to their children at home when the world shut down last year. Some parents were essential workers who had to report to work as normal and had to find whatever child care they could because day cares were closed. Many parents weren’t readily available for their children because of the circumstances. Of course this will impact kids’ behavior. Remember when the parks and playgrounds were closed for months? Remember when the zoo, museums, and all the things that kids would typically do were closed? Kids endured a full year without normal experiences and interactions with their peers. But sure, blame parents.

I think most parents did the best they could under the circumstances. Blaming parents for all of these issues is a vast oversimplification and provides an easy scapegoat.

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Anonymous wrote:Not at all surprised to hear that some kids are really struggling to be back in school. Not everyone had parents who could work from home or dedicate hours during the workday to help them with virtual school. There was a kid in my 2nd grader’s class last year who had to do virtual school from his mother’s car. FROM THE CAR. Another kid in the same class was in a different location every day, it seemed, depending on her parents’ work schedule. There were other kids who sort of just disappeared and never logged on. Who knows what their home situation was last year.

So yeah, some kids probably didn’t hear the word “no” very much last year, or had way too much screen time. Maybe that was the best the parents could do given their situation. Hell, some kids have lost family members to COVID.

It’s ironic that we have teachers here saying “I can’t do this, it’s too hard” who are simultaneously blasting parents for not doing more last year when juggling their kids’ virtual school with full time jobs of their own.

DP here. We are blaming the behavioral issues on the parents. If it was just learning loss I think that would be easier to understand. But it’s the abysmal behavior too.

It’s two sides of the same coin. It wasn’t business as usual for most families. Parents were scrambling trying to hold down full time jobs while having to tend to their children at home when the world shut down last year. Some parents were essential workers who had to report to work as normal and had to find whatever child care they could because day cares were closed. Many parents weren’t readily available for their children because of the circumstances. Of course this will impact kids’ behavior. Remember when the parks and playgrounds were closed for months? Remember when the zoo, museums, and all the things that kids would typically do were closed? Kids endured a full year without normal experiences and interactions with their peers. But sure, blame parents.

I think most parents did the best they could under the circumstances. Blaming parents for all of these issues is a vast oversimplification and provides an easy scapegoat.

Yes I remember all that. I still didn’t let my kids run feral.

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What dont some of you people understand??? It doesnt matter what parents did or did not do.... VIRTUAL LEARNING was developmentally inappropriate for most Kindergarteners, especially those young for the grade who were 5 the whole time. It doesnt take a rocket scientist to understand this- what dont you get?!?!

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Anonymous wrote:Not at all surprised to hear that some kids are really struggling to be back in school. Not everyone had parents who could work from home or dedicate hours during the workday to help them with virtual school. There was a kid in my 2nd grader’s class last year who had to do virtual school from his mother’s car. FROM THE CAR. Another kid in the same class was in a different location every day, it seemed, depending on her parents’ work schedule. There were other kids who sort of just disappeared and never logged on. Who knows what their home situation was last year.

So yeah, some kids probably didn’t hear the word “no” very much last year, or had way too much screen time. Maybe that was the best the parents could do given their situation. Hell, some kids have lost family members to COVID.

It’s ironic that we have teachers here saying “I can’t do this, it’s too hard” who are simultaneously blasting parents for not doing more last year when juggling their kids’ virtual school with full time jobs of their own.

DP here. We are blaming the behavioral issues on the parents. If it was just learning loss I think that would be easier to understand. But it’s the abysmal behavior too.

It’s two sides of the same coin. It wasn’t business as usual for most families. Parents were scrambling trying to hold down full time jobs while having to tend to their children at home when the world shut down last year. Some parents were essential workers who had to report to work as normal and had to find whatever child care they could because day cares were closed. Many parents weren’t readily available for their children because of the circumstances. Of course this will impact kids’ behavior. Remember when the parks and playgrounds were closed for months? Remember when the zoo, museums, and all the things that kids would typically do were closed? Kids endured a full year without normal experiences and interactions with their peers. But sure, blame parents.

I think most parents did the best they could under the circumstances. Blaming parents for all of these issues is a vast oversimplification and provides an easy scapegoat.

Yes I remember all that. I still didn’t let my kids run feral.

Well you must just be a better parent than everyone else whose children are having a hard time. That’s what you’re thinking right?

There but for the grace of God go I…

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Anonymous wrote:What dont some of you people understand??? It doesnt matter what parents did or did not do.... VIRTUAL LEARNING was developmentally inappropriate for most Kindergarteners, especially those young for the grade who were 5 the whole time. It doesnt take a rocket scientist to understand this- what dont you get?!?!

+100! Pre-pandemic any parent who allowed their 5-6 year old kid to sit in front of a screen for 6 hours per day instead of interacting with adults /peers would be lambasted as a terrible parent and no one would be the least bit surprised that said kid had behavioral/developmental issues, but now we’re suddenly just supposed to pretend like it’s fine and any bad habits the kids picked up are completely unrelated and just the result of bad parenting.