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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP sounds like a weak educator and also seems to need more training. Some of the things you mentioned are legit issues like parents being really high maintenance but some of things are developmentally appropriate like fidgets and issues with the Chromebook. [/quote]

It isn't developmentally appropriate or necessary to allow a student to keep a ton of shit on their desk so that their parents don't get mad. It might be developmentally appropriate for a kid to WANT to do that. I never said it wasn't developmentally appropriate for kids to do all the things I mentioned. I said that we are not able to effectively set and maintain expectations because parents don't really want us to say no to their kids.

Some kids have a supplementary aid that allows them access to a fidget. ONE fidget to allow a student with attention or focus issues isn't the problem.

The problem is our inability to set and maintain clear expectations with students AND know that parents and admin will support them even when their own kid is unhappy if we close their "fun" tabs on the chrome book or say no to a snack or a trip to the hall for their doodling markers or limit them to one "fidget," per kid (or NONE unless it's an allowed accommodation in a legal document).

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