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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][QUOTE]Insight from a teacher:

Recently graduated from college and got hired at my first teaching job this year. Work at a high school, internship was at an MCPS middle school. Here are some of the issues as I see them as a first year:

[list][b]Lack of consequences.[/b] You can only get suspended for drugs or fighting or some sort of physical threat. Even then, kids that harass teachers don’t really get sh*t done as a consequence.[/list]

[list][b]You can skip class every single day and still pass. [/b]There are no consequences for skipping class. Kids roam the halls for 7 hours a day and we do not have enough security to stalk them into going to class and there’s really no consequences.[/list]

[list][b]You get 50% for work you don’t do. [/b]In high school. The only way you can get a 0 is if parents have been told and acknowledged deadlines, specifically okay a zero, or the kid cheated. You can choose to do 3 assignments per quarter and pass with a 60% despite not knowing the content.[/list]

[list][b]We cannot confiscate or require students to put their cellphones in a designated place[/b]. Being the cellphone police is exhausting since there’s really f**k all we can do.
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[list][b]Student attitude[/b]. I’m only a first year but even then, the shit I see… Kids will just walk out of the room if they don’t like a rule, tell you to go f**k yourself. Got called an a**hole over a seating chart because I had to move a kid away from his friends because they wouldn’t shut up. Got told to f**k off by another kid. Kid told me i’m a heartless b***h when I gave them a 0 for plagiarism. Different kid told me to give them a 0 on an assignment they refused to make up because they didn’t wanna talk to me anymore. List goes on.[/list]

[list][b]Lack of parent involvement.[/b] I make it VERY easy for parents to be involved in their kid’s education experience. Regardless of if you have Synergy or Canvas as a parent, I will text out assignment deadlines, grade check ins, and reminders on a biweekly basis so parents know when their kids have assignments due. You’ll never guess how many parents don’t acknowledge them and act surprised when their kid is failing.[/list]

[list][b]Parents not parenting[/b]. I have some parents of problematic kids that are very responsible, apologetic, and communicative. I get told by them that they’ve never had a teacher spend so much time telling them about their child’s performance and behavior and they appreciate the enlightenment. For every 1 involved parent, I have 9 that are completely blase and don’t even bother responding to messages OR don’t send their damn kid to school.[/list][/QUOTE]

I see no lies told. These are the things that teachers and parents would like MCPS to address, but they won't.[/quote]

They think LiM and restorative justice will fix it all.[/quote]

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