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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work in a classroom as a specialist and I think teachers are so burnt out that they don’t think clearly. They waste a lot of time not using human and technological resources such as coteachers who are constantly in and out of their rooms (and end up, sitting on their asses observing all the time because the teachers want to have control). They spend their planning periods complaining about how hard they have it. They waste a ton of time on trying to keep kids quiet instead of working with how they are naturally wired.[/quote]

Huh. 
I get 38 minutes of planning a day (and that includes my lunch time). I don’t have time to complain or even TALK to another adult.

Co-teachers? What are those? I have 150 students, over 40 with IEPs or 504s. I haven’t seen another adult even check on them. I’m responsible for all that paperwork on my own.

Keeping kids quiet? That’s kind of necessary every now and then. I am responsible for delivering content, after all. And those activities that appreciate how kids are wired? I do those… and they take huge chunks of my weekends to plan.

If you understand this SO MUCH BETTER than a classroom teacher, then step up and take over a classroom. We need you to show us how it’s done. [/quote]

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