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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm wondering if this is a normal K occurrence or not: my child consistently reports and complains that their classroom misses out on activities or things are postponed because the class is misbehaving. I am getting the impression that the teacher spends a lot of time disciplining the kids and trying to get them to behave at the expense of actual instruction. My child is frustrated with the fact that the whole class pays for a few kids' bad behavior and I am beginning to agree. Have others experienced this and/or is this a pretty normal K experience? [/quote]

Allow me to be the first to get castigated for this, but it's why the make-up of your child's classroom makes such a difference.  Children from dysfunctional homes act out - it's their normal.  Lot of dysfunctional children in your child's classroom means a lot of time must be devoted to behavioral management as opposed to intellectual curiosity.  It's why so many parents are concerned about not just a school's educators, administration, and curriculum - but the peer group.

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[b]But plenty of high SES kids are challenging in the classroom too. [/b]In fact in our school two boys from the most privileged families caused the most disruption. [/quote]

In the District of Columbia == you're in the[u] DC Public Schools [/u]forum, I hope you noticed that -- the bolded part of your anecdote is the exception, not the norm.

the truly high SES kids in DC public schools (that term gets abused, btw:  "high SES" isn't synonymous with "not in destitute poverty) who consistently disrupt are likely to have a neurological disorder like ADHD or ASD.   And in fairness, some of the poor kids who act out probably also have a neurological disorder.  [/quote]

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