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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Isn't a teachers assistant a job that doesn't even require a college degree? OP are you a college student? If not you have no business critiquing anyone on this subject. [/quote]

seriously. You're not even a teacher. You stepped into a room and immediately decided that these children are less than[/quote]

Let’s be real here.
They can’t concentrate, and their knowledge retention is low.
They actually benefit from me explaining to them how to do standard algorithm addition (in 5th grade). I guess no one bothered before. [/quote]

I suggest you read Eric Jensen's books on teaching with poverty in mind and Zarretta Hammond's book on culturally responsive teaching. The challenges you report are so typical of high poverty schools, and something that the staff are constantly trying to improve. It's not an instant fix although it may seem that way in your brief time at the school. Having compassion for the struggles of the students and their families may make you more efficacious in your work.

Perhaps no one has offered the standard algorithm before, but it may be that if you listen to and observe the teachers next year, if you deign to return, you will find the issue is more complex.
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Just remember that your kid is not part of this equation or problem or whatever.
Don’t send them there if you care about them.
Come work there if you want, or try to solve it by other means, I am all for it. Just don’t send the kids. [/quote]

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