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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach HS science and saw about 90 students today. I asked how many wanted to be a teacher and not a single hand went up. I asked them why not and they just started laughing because they know what the job requires, but they continue to joke around and hold side conversations, play on phones, watch cartoons on laptops they are "using to see the notes better", etc. I had multiple students write passes to the bathroom today only to be gone for 20 minutes, out of a 90 min period. I don't have time to write emails to parents about behavior that, despite parents speaking with their students, does not change. I actually had a student today take a phone back off of my desk after I confiscated it while my back was turned. I'm one of the teachers kids say they really want to get for my subject. I still get incredible levels of disrespect every day.[/quote]

You saw 90 students today, and I’m assuming will see another 40 tomorrow. It sounds like part of them problem is pure math- there are too many students per teacher for meaningful feedback to occur. If a high school teacher has 125 students on their case load, we are looking at over 2 hours to give each student 1 minute of feedback. Class sizes need to dramatically drop for things to be sustainable. [/quote]

So assuming you’re cool with the massive tax hike this will require?

No, I didn’t think so.[/quote]

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