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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]'they blend the classes together. Honors Science is a small section in each Science class. They get extra work, extra test questions but still have to sit in the class with the dumb disruptive kids. Sorry so harsh but in my child's middle school (JW) it does NOT work well."

I also have a kid at JW.  In my child's experience almost every one is considered advanced and the teachers are sort of pressure to move kids up who don't start out that way.  The degree of differentiation is teacher dependant.  Not all middle schools are run this way.  I agree it could be better..but your [b]use of dumb and disuptive is inappropriate and offensive[/b].[/quote]

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Dumb is inappropriate and offensive; disruptive, as long as it is accurate, is neither because it is simply a fact regarding the behavior of the students and the impact that their behavior is having on the classroom environment.

Honestly, the amount of disruptive behavior and poorly behaved students that teachers are expected to tolerate within the classroom is one of my biggest concerns about public school and the major reason I seriously considered trying to make either private school or homeschooling work for my family. My extended family has several teachers, and one complaint I often hear from my relatives is how much one student or a small number of students can disrupt the classroom environment with bad behavior while the teachers are very limited in how they can respond.

I think a lot of the problems with the education system stem from the attitude, priorities, and discipline of the students -- and their parents, since they had to learn it somewhere. These things start in the home and there's only so much a school can do to provide a student with a good education if the student doesn't want to be at school and makes it obvious through her behavior, won't show respect for his own and others' right to learn and the teacher's right to teach, or won't make a genuine effort to prioritize school and take pride in his/her work.

No matter the socio-economic status, race, or home address of the students and their families I don't think we will see a real improvement in education until students actually see the relevance of what they're learning, care about doing their best, know that education matters, and are consistently taught, and expected to display, appropriate behavior at school. These things are the primary responsibility of parents and guardians, and while schools absolutely should do their part to support all kids in getting the best possible education I think this thread focuses far too much on blaming the schools and too little on the question of parental responsibility.[/quote]

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