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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honest question: Why don't teachers put their slides, work, and/or home work on a portal and let kids catch up within a few days and learn the material? If they don't then they can come to office hours or whatever? I just don't understand why this is such a big deal? This is what is going to happen in college if they miss a day. Heck, some of those profs even video the lectures (this obv wouldn't work for all classes).

I know I'll get a million reasons why this isn't possible. IMO it's kind of BS. We had teachers in ES who did this. And so does some of our MS teachers. It makes their life easier. It makes our life easier. [/quote]

High school teacher here.

We have online classrooms where we post all of our work, materials, and class discussions. The problem comes with the second part of your question regarding office hours. We don't have those. We have planning periods, but nine times out of ten I'm either in a meeting or covering classes. On the off chance I'm not, I use that time to make copies, call parents, or actually plan my lessons. Assuming I had the whole 90 minutes free, a student still couldn't come to me without missing the lesson in whatever class they have during third period.

Missing one day won't kill a student's chances, but missing multiple days will. Every day builds on the skills learned the previous day. You'd be surprised how many parents pull their kids for one or two week vacations out of the country and expect us to become personal tutors when they return. [/quote]

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