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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][QUOTE]Insight from a teacher: Recently graduated from college and got hired at my first teaching job this year. Work at a high school, internship was at an MCPS middle school. Here are some of the issues as I see them as a first year: [list][b]Lack of consequences.[/b] You can only get suspended for drugs or fighting or some sort of physical threat. Even then, kids that harass teachers don’t really get sh*t done as a consequence.[/list] [list][b]You can skip class every single day and still pass. [/b]There are no consequences for skipping class. Kids roam the halls for 7 hours a day and we do not have enough security to stalk them into going to class and there’s really no consequences.[/list] [list][b]You get 50% for work you don’t do. [/b]In high school. The only way you can get a 0 is if parents have been told and acknowledged deadlines, specifically okay a zero, or the kid cheated. You can choose to do 3 assignments per quarter and pass with a 60% despite not knowing the content.[/list] [list][b]We cannot confiscate or require students to put their cellphones in a designated place[/b]. Being the cellphone police is exhausting since there’s really f**k all we can do. [/list] [list][b]Student attitude[/b]. I’m only a first year but even then, the shit I see… Kids will just walk out of the room if they don’t like a rule, tell you to go f**k yourself. Got called an a**hole over a seating chart because I had to move a kid away from his friends because they wouldn’t shut up. Got told to f**k off by another kid. Kid told me i’m a heartless b***h when I gave them a 0 for plagiarism. Different kid told me to give them a 0 on an assignment they refused to make up because they didn’t wanna talk to me anymore. List goes on.[/list] [list][b]Lack of parent involvement.[/b] I make it VERY easy for parents to be involved in their kid’s education experience. Regardless of if you have Synergy or Canvas as a parent, I will text out assignment deadlines, grade check ins, and reminders on a biweekly basis so parents know when their kids have assignments due. You’ll never guess how many parents don’t acknowledge them and act surprised when their kid is failing.[/list] [list][b]Parents not parenting[/b]. I have some parents of problematic kids that are very responsible, apologetic, and communicative. I get told by them that they’ve never had a teacher spend so much time telling them about their child’s performance and behavior and they appreciate the enlightenment. For every 1 involved parent, I have 9 that are completely blase and don’t even bother responding to messages OR don’t send their damn kid to school.[/list][/QUOTE] I see no lies told. These are the things that teachers and parents would like MCPS to address, but they won't.[/quote] Some of these things they already address, just some choose to pretend otherwise. Also, the school does not have the authority to confiscate personal property nor should they be involved in placating ludites.[/quote]
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