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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think that's allowed. That's why they are core classes for the program. I think the magnet coordinator needs to have a talk with the teacher to see why those students aren't doing well if they are typically good students. In one program, some good students had a lot of problems with a flipped classroom model where the teacher wasn't supporting students adequately but just making them watch videos at home and then not answering their questions in class.[/quote]

Not sure that's all that fair or accurate, I remember the thread. My DC was in that class and enjoyed the format and did fine.  Students who slack off when the teacher isn't there need to take some responsibility for their outcome.[/quote]

Your response, referring to your DC's experience, would make sense if the previous poster had said "all the students" had problems with that teacher.

That poster was correct to say "some students" had a problem. In fact some of the parents had brought it up in the magnet mailing list - putting their names behind their complaints. (While my DC, in a different cohort, did not have that teacher, DC was fully aware of the problems.)

It is very rare that a teacher is so bad that *every* student is going to complain. It is just statistics that one will always find some students that did not have a problem with any given teacher. It is disgusting to tar all the students that had an issue as slackers just because one's own DC did fine with a teacher/format.[/quote]

Most did fine but a few who I'm told played games during class didn't.[/quote]

My child knows some of the students who did fine and more who did not do fine and those who were struggling were not playing games in class. I think it's really arrogant for you to come here and paint a whole group of students with insults like that and not once but twice. Kids don't all learn the same way.[/quote]

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