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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The behavior. OMG the behavior. Older kids have been running their own show while parents have had to work. Now that they’re back in school, they don’t want to be told when to eat (unmasking issues), to stay by their desks (social distancing), to interact with students they don’t like, or to complete the work they don’t like doing. I’m also seeing a lot of anxiety in kids. I’m empathetic to the transition back to school feeling hard. I’d love to be at home wearing yoga pants, muting students, and taking food and bathroom breaks more easily. But that wasn’t best for most of my students. We all have to re-learn how to work well with others without letting anxiety, dislike, or opposition sour those interactions.

The younger kids (up to grade 3) have never had a full year of elementary school. They can’t sustain attention, and their academic skills are lacking. We know how to close skill gaps and how to modify assignments to make them accessible to students who need more support. And, it’s still true that this is an overwhelming amount of work to do when so many students are this far behind.[/quote]
This is a huge reason why it is so stressful this year. From elementary through high school, kids have been unsocialized on how to function in a group setting, have just been able to do whatever whenever, far too much phones/games/etc., and no accountability to actually do or learn anything. Last year was stressful and overwhelming because of all the new technology and daily creation of new lessons. Teachers fretted about kids who they couldn’t connect to because cameras were off. This year the kids are with us and all of their stress and anxiety and neediness and behaviors become our problem to manage constantly and it is exhausting and stressful and frustrating and …

The system is trying to operate like everything is back to normal, but it’s not. Kids are not okay. Teachers are not okay. Hopefully it will steadily improve. Hopefully it will improve faster than teachers burnout.
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