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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had this feeling too.  I volunteered at a kindergarten party in my sons class. 30 kids one teacher one aid.  The aid spent the entire time trying to get 3 kids under control.  They were throwing chairs in the reading corner, tackling each other, yelling and screaming. [b] I finally understood why when I had the parent teacher conference it seemed like the teacher had no clue who my average child was. [/b] He was lost in the noise, sometimes literally. It was heartbreaking.  I don’t fault the teachers I fault government actors who have consistently fought to under support public education for the last 40 years and the push to mainstream all children which does not provide those most in need with environs conducive to their own healthy growth and learning and undermines the education of more average performers.   It’s doing so much damage to our nation and children. I don’t know what can be done.  [/quote

This happened to my kids in grade school, too. Solid students, bright kids, but neither the standout redshirted student or the class troublemaker(s). Absent from the teacher's radar. The thing is, my kids picked up on it. One of my kids had a desk name tag with the wrong name (and a similar name of the other gender) for half the year. My student said why bother asking the teacher to change it, it's like I'm invisible in here, anyway. Please don't say anything, mom. My kids didn't blame the teachers because they knew the teacher was overwhelmed. They did feel frustrated by it, though. I spent a lot of time motivating them behind the scenes to keep going unnoticed in a sea of chaos. One of my kids had a teacher in low middle who called her "you" for the entire year. My kid chose to find it humorous. Kid is now at a top-tier university. They don't miss NOVA schools.[/quote]

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