Behavior in schools

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So...you do remember, right, that you teachers were the ones that led us to virtual schooling for so long (and you know...failing our children). I love how you've just decided the children have had enough time to move on from the trauma of the last few years - we all seem to be pushing that all under the rug without any real social discussion.

No offense, but guess what - during the pandemic, many of us parents were working full time and trying to keep our kids academically focused against a crazy backdrop. Our society decided screens were the answer (!) and now you're telling us (again) that it's our fault that they're now too screen-dependent?

I'm not saying you're wrong that kids' behavior is an issue these days, but please, let's not put this all on the parents again.

The districts love that teachers are taking the blame for their incompetence. Even before the pandemic, we worked in substandard conditions. Teachers expecting soap and hand sanitizer and air filters is what took these districts so long to open. They couldn’t get their acts together to provide the basics. When school opened only 4-5 of my students chose to return. That year I had 25 students. The trauma came from their family members dying.

Hmm. Not what I remember, at least in FCPS.

If many of pp's students experienced family deaths during covid, I would guess this is a school where a large number of parents worked in retail or restaurants and not wfh positions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ours went feral during virtual. Unsure if she’ll ever fully turn back. But she’s reading a few grades over level.

She also says she’s still angry about it. She was very isolated from other kids as we were in an apartment at a new school/neighborhood at the time. She felt very adrift. It was not in anyway easy. No “pod squad”.