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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When my oldest was in third grade his teacher took a lot of days off. Not all in a row, but 1 or 2 at a time. She must have maxed out the total number of sick/personal days because it really was a lot. He didn’t learn a whole lot that year, and whenever I helped out in the classroom and on their field trip I couldn’t believe how wild the kids were, like no one was really disciplining them. It was not long after Covid and she used a lot of videos and slides created during that time. She is a nice person but I just don’t think she really cared. She has young kids and I think she wanted to be home with them. She ended up moving somewhere cheaper and quit teaching. My guess is they can afford one income in the new location. I don’t begrudge her at all for making that life choice, but it would’ve been nice if she hadn’t been so checked out when she was still in the position.[/quote]

It is possible that you have cause and effect flipped. You yourself said the class was unbelievably wild. Teachers can try and try and try and not be able to get that under control, especially if the principal is not on board. That may have contributed to the teacher burning out. I know it would have done it to me.[/quote]

Maybe. It was more run of the mill horseplay stuff and not using indoor voices, as opposed to serious behavioral problems. They seemed to know they could get away with things that would not fly under a more strict teacher. I have seen my kids' other teachers shut that type of thing down real quick. It just didn't seem like she had a real strong classroom management system. My kid says it was his favorite year because of how much they got to go on the computer and because she let them do what they wanted. That whole grade level team was known as being the nice teachers, and I think the kids took advantage to some extent. [/quote]

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