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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter says she doesn’t want to return to her in-bounds school this coming school year because “all the teachers yell.”  Truth be told, I have noticed this myself but have never directly discussed it with her before. I appreciate the difficulty teachers must have with managing ES kids, but it does seem like the default for many is yelling: in the classroom, in the hallways, at recess, at pick-up.

Why is this? Is it the default at other elementary schools? (Ours is Ludlow). I’m not trying to disparage LT - it has a lot of good points, too - but I’m interested in others’ experiences. Thanks.[/quote]

I’m curious what grade your kid is in. My only experience with yellers at Ludlow are with folks who are not gen-ed classroom teachers. There is one such teacher that my mostly well-behaved Ker is really not a fan of and I think he must be experiencing it at lunch or recess, because there’s no other obvious overlap.

My kids haven’t complained much about the yelling, but I do think the biggest complaints along these lines tend to be in the K/1st age group and it’s partially because of the sudden increase in classroom expectations with a lot of kids (especially boys) who just aren’t developmentally ready for it. (Note: I am not blaming the boys at all. Modern K is much more akin to 1st grade even 20 years ago and it’s just too much sitting quietly for a lot of kids — especially those on the younger side.)[/quote]

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