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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here… I wish the issue was that the classes are too easy so that we could push for different classes, but the main issue has more to do w teaching style and lack of teacher engagement directly with students during class. Teachers seem to simply assign independent work for students to do during class- essentially hw- so dad is really struggling with the whole “what’s the point of physically going to school if I can do this on my own time.” She  is really missing the mental stimulation that comes w collaborative learning experiences. Perhaps the “best” teachers in the more advanced classes are teaching this way?

I’m not looking for an explanation of why things are this way at Westland just hoping to hear that other teens had similar experiences and then got to high school and were happy to be learning again. [/quote]

I'm the PP with the child at Westland. My daughter has not complained about teacher engagement, but she differentiates between good and bad teachers, and it's true that given her hints and what I saw from teacher personalities at BTSN and the in-class parent visit day last Monday, what she describes as the "good" teachers are also the ones who ask students to participate with thoughtful responses: her math and global humanities teachers most of all, Mr Engoron and Mr. Guiley.

My kids have been in different school systems, and Westland is definitely not worse off than other schools. Even though another poster laughed when I wrote that usually the best teachers teach the advanced classes, it has been true for my two kids, as well as my experience and my husband's, across many different educational systems in various countries.[/quote]

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