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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I left in October and already posted on this thread. 
For me the pandemic exacerbated problems that already existed in public education. I got in teaching because I love working with kids. Not because I love learning targets, useless data, and giving mandated assessments that don’t actually explain who the child is as a learner.

It’s been a slowly creeping evolution. However when all the kids returned this fall (I went back in December of 2020) I realized that there was nothing left of the job I loved.

Also, as an extra burden I taught sped. And the gulf between what we promised parents and what we actually had the supplies and resources to provide is huge. So I felt like I was daily left with 2 choices. 1. Lie to parents about what was happening 2. Work non stop to make myself not feel like a liar- even though my efforts never covered the Gap.

I took on a role as a well compensated nanny. I get to hang out with kids, explore, plan field trips and meet them where they are at. Oh, and we have a credit card for any activities we do. The irony is it’s what teaching should have been but never was. [/quote]

The lying about sped is spot on. Not a sped teacher but sat in meetings where the admin and sped team lied about services. I don’t blame the sped teacher- the sped team has to follow the lead of the admin.

If DCPS parents only knew..[/quote]

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