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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My straight a teen/tween girls find school hideously boring 75% of the time. They are perfectly behave. I am a teacher too, and I don't have any trouble believing or accepting that some teachers are just phoning it in and are not very engaging. My daughter's science teacher literally "teaches" via slides she puts on Schoology that the students read to themselves and fill out worksheets. She doesn't verbally teach them any of the material. Then they complete online activities on their computers. There is no groupwork or classwork or anything other than just solitary computer time the entire 80 minute block. And not just occasionally. Every single day. I think we can all admit this is not okay. [/quote]

Years ago, I had a high school science teacher who did something similar. She'd have us do our reading in class (no homework) and then answer discussion questions on paper and turn it in and that would be our daily lesson. It was ridiculous. I was less polite than your girls are about it and the teacher got angry and had me removed from her class. I got labeled as a troublemaker and while certainly my conflict management skills needed some work, I was right. That was a waste of everyone's time and should not have been acceptable.

I was -- you got it -- bored. I also, for the record, had serious issues going on at home that not one teacher or administrator asked about during the process of removing me from this teacher's class, that were contributing to my anger and my decision to handle that situation with sass and sarcasm. I just got labeled as a difficult student and this teacher who had totally given up on teaching or even interacting with her students was trusted and supported.[/quote]

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