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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teachers are human beings, too. With kids and spouses and things going on in their lives.

I'm sorry you've never been in a position or had a rough year where you missed a lot of work, but that's life and it happens.[/quote]
My 3rd grader had a teacher with a parent with failing health.  She was out at least 3-4 times a week the whole fall. I assumed she was using intermittent FMLA.  Then her dad passed and she was gone for 3 months to take him back to their home country for a funeral.  I'm assuming the principal gave discretionary leave for this. It was super disruptive and the school never arranged for adequate support or subs to make sure instruction was still happening in that classroom.  There was a parent who they'd hired as a sub who basically babysat the kids but didn't teach.  Lots of watching movies, iPad time and playing games.

I totally get that stuff happens and that teachers are people.  I have no complaints for that teacher.  But I do think it was really wrong that the principal didn't sort out a permanent sub or other solution for her classroom.  It wasn't okay that those kids weren't taught for more than half the school year.  [/quote]

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