Are all the schools like that?
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Anonymous
Ours isn't, thankfully. Honors for All is bad for many, many students. |
Anonymous
NP and would say this is partially true as a MS teacher. There's also the factor of higher SES parents often shuttling their children to private schools if behavior issues don't cease or drastically reduce by late elementary or middle school, especially if the kids are otherwise bright. These parents generally want their kids to go to college and know the stakes of not coming down hard on vaping in school, cussing out teachers, or getting into physical fights. |
Anonymous
| Veteran teacher here. It is significantly worse now. I am at a school in Fairfax with lots of military families and professional families, whete almost every kid lives in a nice, single-family home. Kids are out of control. I attribute it to kids having phones and so much screen time, the pandemic, and poor role models on social media and in the government. Since 2017 it has gotten so bad. It’s sad. |
Anonymous
DP. Sure that happens anywhere, including fancy private schools. But a lot of the specific things being talked about here are more prevalent in schools where there is a significant subset of parents with a low education level and low involvement. I grew up attending an elementary school with high SES diversity, with some kids who came from an inner city environment. The difference in behaviors was stark. I remember the “city kids” just seeming like they had been exposed to a whole lot more at a young age, and not in a good way. It showed in the way they spoke/the type of insults they used, they way they dressed, their interests, and the way they didn’t care about school even at such a young age. It was clear there was no one at home making sure they weren’t being exposed to images and ideas that were not age appropriate, and were not being raised by households that placed an emphasis on education or good behavior at school. Private school was very popular where I grew up, and my own parents scrimped and saved so I could attend private for MS/HS where some shocking stuff was going on. People who think it’s all the Sam everywhere, even in this county, are lying to themselves. There are pockets of the county where there is no SES diversity in the schools and it makes for a very different school experience. |
Anonymous
I’m really sorry to hear that. Thank you for teaching! |
Anonymous
Wow, non-compliance, interesting! Cooper? Longfellow? |
Anonymous
I think screens/phones/social media are a huge problem. Why do kids need social media? I have 6th graders obsessed with Tik Tok and Snap Chat. I personally think that kids under the age of 16 should not be on social media at all. |
Anonymous
| The phone issue is the huge, huge elephant in the room that no one wants to really address. "Away for the day" kind of works for the rule following kids at school, but even so, many kids are spending hours and hours outside of school on their phones and it's not good. |
Anonymous
| If you go to the teacher subreddit, it’s quite scary to read what’s happening to education. It’s not a FCPS issue only. |
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According to my sister, bad behavior by students was a 6/10 before the pandemic.
After the pandemic, it was a 10/10 most days if not worse. She resigned after last year and has never been happier. Just check out Teacher Tok on TikTok. So many teachers have posted examples of the bad behavior in their classrooms and videos on why they are quitting/have quit. |
Anonymous
I live in Loudoun County but work in the western part of FCPS. I would NEVER allow my kids to attend the school I work at. I’m only there because of the commute and it’s a little better than some of the other schools. My parents that have remotely smart kids are trying to get them in AAP to get them out and I don’t blame them one bit. Their education is a risk if they stay at this school. |
Anonymous
Are your kids in private or LCPS? |
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Anonymous
NP. I have two kids who are 2e and I thought it was pretty funny too. My kids are internalizers so they aren't disruptive, but sometimes at home they're a bit... |
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