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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rotating classrooms is not practical at all.  As a teacher, I can tell you that with confidence.  Teachers are territorial about their rooms and supplies.  Kids have materials like workbooks at other items that are in their room.  Whatp- should they pack up every day?  Kids need consistency.  Kids will barely notice windows/lack thereof.  They will not know why they are moving.  Also, if you make a big deal and tell the kid why they are moving then on the day your kid does have a window room she'll be staring out it and be distracted.  If snowflake gets the room on a grey, rainy day, then what?  Do over?  Just take your kid out for fresh air when school is out.  Or paint a window on the wall.  Sheesh.
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17:58 here again, I used to teach as well, and I actually did switch classrooms on a regular basis -- I can tell you that teachers being "territorial" about "their" classrooms should not be an issue.  Switching could happen on teacher development days or other times when teachers are changing their boards. If the room switching happens every quarter or some such timeframe, kids will adjust and no kid will have the "windows" rooms on just inclement weather days.

The idea that kids would not notice that they are in a windowless room is not a reason to subject them to it. Kids barely notice whether they eat healthily or poorly, is that a reason to feed them sugar-packed junk? It seems strange that you would suggest that a child can adjust to being without natural light for most of the day but can't adjust to a room change every few months. It sounds like your arguments are mostly for the convenience of teachers, rather than what may be best for students. I'm also troubled by your reference to any child as a "snowflake".[/quote]

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