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[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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Not going to castigate you - AS LONG as your definition of "dysfunctional" includes spoiled kids whose parents have set up no boundaries and whose parents think they can do no wrong.  Those kids are also behavior nightmares and take a lot of teacher time to keep in line.  If you're suggesting that it's only "disadvantaged" or low income kids who have these issues, you are completely wrong and then yes, you should be castigated for that.  But as long as you include badly-behaved kids (of all income brackets) and their lack of appropriate boundaries, then no castigation necessary.[/quote]

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