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[quote=Anonymous]Former High School Teacher.

1.  Basic needs not being met- no energy or time for education (both parents and students). I had a student who lived in a garage with their entire family and didn't eat on the weekends. I have had older siblings who leave school every day early to meet the younger siblings and take care of them so their parents can work. When your family is riddled with poverty and stress and poor eating and moving constantly, you don't focus on school when you're little. By the time you're in high school, you're soooo far behind.

2. Class sizes/Lack of administrative support/behavior - it's all mixed together. Kids who would have been kicked out/suspended are kept in class now. You can't send a kid to the office and expect any action. Get a few of these kids in a room and it gets crazy.  Kids who need lots of support who might have previously been in self-contained classes are now in with the rest of the class. I think it's a great thing, but I need the resources and support to teach all the kids. How am I supposed to teach the dyslexic kid with a 2nd grade reading level as well as the kid who reads and writes at college level along with the 30+ other kids in the class? I want to help them all, but I am only one person. I need an aide to help with the kids who can't read well and to give enrichment to those who need it. I need training in teaching kids with learning disabilities....

3. Early education. The kids come in so far behind and they just never, ever catch up.

4. Feedback. For high school, this is a big one. I would love to give all the students feedback on their work. I know the well-off English-speaking parents are helping their kids with homework, hiring tutors if they can't, correcting their spoken and written English, etc. I know the other kids are getting none of this. And I don't have time to provide feedback every day on 120 student papers. But it really is something they need to improve their work.

I'll probably think of more.

You'll notice I'm a former high school teacher. I gave my all my energy and time to my teaching. After 5 years, I was so burned out. So tired of fighting with admins and spending hours and hours trying to make up for everything the students didn't have. [/quote]

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