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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a teacher. In one class, about 70% were there. In the other two, under 50%. But the best part is the worse behaved kids just stayed home so the day was incredibly peaceful and lowkey. We did some light work, nothing the kids who missed can’t catch up later but the ones who were there got a nice little head start. We certainly didn’t start new material or take a test or anything but we didn’t watch movies either. [/quote]

Not surprised about the worst behaved kids being out. They probably took off for a long weekend skiing or something. They are people who think attendance requirements don’t apply to them, so it’s not a huge stretch that behavior requirements also don’t apply to them. [/quote]

My worst behaving students’ families don’t do family activities like ski trips. Their behavior is awful because the parents are uninvolved. They probably spent the day on their Xbox.[/quote]

I’m the teacher PP they’re responding to and I agree. The kids with the worst behavior aren’t paid any attention by their parents. Parents seemed to think when they were potty trained and could operate a screened device, the parenting job was done. Make them go to school? Why or how? Do anything about their abhorrent behavior at the school when they do go? Never.

I know it’s hard to fathom because even when we disagree on a lot of things , the parents who populate this forum all deeply care about their kids. But some parents - you guys, you probably can’t fathom how little guidance, structure, boundary setting and attention some kids get from their parents. It’s a free for all for those kinds of kids and it’s very sad. They didn’t go on ski vacations , they literally sat in their room on their phone the last 3 weeks. Their parents likely never even talked to them about whether they’d go yesterday or not- the parents didn’t care either way. [/quote]

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