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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]What's wild to me is that new immigrants who don't speak any English are paired with the top kid in each class who then helps their partner through the day. It's always kind, soft spoken girls, which makes me sad for them that they get extra jobs just by nature of being good. As a female, I don't like always putting the extra work always on little girls.[/quote]

I was a teacher.  It is common practice to assign a "helper" to any new student--including native English speakers.  And, yes, it is usually the nice kids.  The "helper" was not permanent and I doubt that is the case here.

As for the new ESL kids (and I had those, too.)  They also got helpers.  Again, not permanent.

The "helpers" for any new student is not tasked with teaching the child, but with helping show the ropes.  I especially encouraged them to play with the new child on the playground for a day or two.

And, no, it is not necessarily the top kids in the class that get tasked with that.  It is usually the nicest and kindest kids whose parents would probably never complain about their child helping another one.

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One of my boys who was definitely not a top student and also misbehaved a lot in class because he couldn't stop talking and socializing, would get picked as a helper for ne students and special needs inclusion kids..

He was really, really friendly and outgoing, and liked to include everyone even kids who didn'tquite fit in, so I assumed he was picked for that reason.

It certainly wasn't for being a compliant, well behaved, studious girl as he was the complete opposite of that.  He didn't behave,  and wasn't a good student, but he was friendly and outgoing.[/quote]

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