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[quote=Anonymous]I taught in wealthy high schools and work in a high poverty one now. I find my job much more fulfilling and interesting working in the high poverty school. I feel there is more of a need for my expertise in connecting math concepts to real life learning than I did when I worked at the wealthy school. In my old school over 90 percent passed the Alg. 1 SOL. Even sections with a long term sub who was clueless, the kids clocked pass rates in the 90's.

In my current one it was less than 40 percent. Currently, after being here three years, my class has a nearly 80 percent pass rate. I worked like crazy and yes I look less competent when I taught in the wealthy district by people who judge teachers by test performance, but my work has doubled the amount of children who earned a verified credit. That's what drives me to continue to excel and work hard. The kids are immigrants and poor and need that credit to graduate. Yes, they aren't asking for recommendations to UVA, but talking to the kids about career options and community college and social services support for healthcare (many don't have any) feels important to me.

My wealthy school had plenty-o-issues in the behavior department, btw. It was different stuff, but high school kids can be difficult regardless of where they are from economically.[/quote]

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