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Anonymous wrote:The fact is, we need teachers to be told WHAT to teach, with general guidelines of how to teach it. The selected curriculum needs to be proven to actually work. There are many options out there. Having teachers decide what to teach is a nightmare.

Good teachers are energetic, engaging, and know how to manage a classroom well.

We are told what to teach and what not to teach. I can say that last year when I taught in FCPS I was told not to explicitly teach spelling or grammar. Lucy Calkins addresses that stuff for like literally a second and it’s not explicit. My kids never had phonics bc Lucy didn’t add that until 2017 (I hear it’s not even good but it’s better than nothing). And I’m sorry but we’re you always engaged in school? I remember getting hired as a kid and that’s just part of school. I also got bored sometimes in colleges and had to take many classes I had zero interest in. As an adult I’ve had jobs where I’ve been bored. In an office I was bored. With teaching I’m usually not bored, but sometimes I am bored with what I have to teach and the way I have to teach it. Being bored and dealing with it are skills kids should master. It will help them should they go to college and when they’re working adults. Boredom is a part of life. Kids these days seem to always feel bored because they’re used to video games, you tube, etc. always at their thumbs to provide entertainment. Sometimes my students say they’re bored and that’s just part of life. Other times they’re having a good time but those lessons designed to be fun are treats. Sometimes a lesson is boring to some students and exciting to the students who are interested in the topic.


LOL! Of course boredom is a part of life. I’m actually not a fan of over-scheduling my child’s day, as periods of boredom are awesome for inspiring creativity.

This does NOT mean that it’s acceptable to bore children to death in elementary school. (“Sorry kiddo. I know you’re only 7, but boredom is part of life. Better get used to it.” — Really?)

Of course we have all been bored in school at times. Hopefully, most of us have had engaging teachers that have taught engaging material. I know I have, and those were the classes in which I learned the most!

All of these teacher responses are depressing me. Where is the logic?
Stop blaming teachers for your kid being bored. It’s seriously a part of life. No college professor is going to sing and dance and put on a whole performance to keep your kid from feeling bored. Same with managers when they’re working adults someday.

Actually as a corporate trainer myself who has also had to shift to a horrendously tedious online model, my department ABSOLUTELY works hard to employ different methods to engage people. Content is irrelevant if you bore your audience to inattention. Bored people cannot learn. As a matter of fact when we interview (and I've interviewed a TON of teachers making a career shift) part of the interview process is for that person to present a dry topic to the interview panel and if the candidate is not engaging and creative they are not asked to come back. I've seen no shortage of teachers who really need to find an ENTIRE different line of work.

A good teacher, be it corporate or public educator strives to make the content engaging.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fact is, we need teachers to be told WHAT to teach, with general guidelines of how to teach it. The selected curriculum needs to be proven to actually work. There are many options out there. Having teachers decide what to teach is a nightmare.

Good teachers are energetic, engaging, and know how to manage a classroom well.

We are told what to teach and what not to teach. I can say that last year when I taught in FCPS I was told not to explicitly teach spelling or grammar. Lucy Calkins addresses that stuff for like literally a second and it’s not explicit. My kids never had phonics bc Lucy didn’t add that until 2017 (I hear it’s not even good but it’s better than nothing). And I’m sorry but we’re you always engaged in school? I remember getting hired as a kid and that’s just part of school. I also got bored sometimes in colleges and had to take many classes I had zero interest in. As an adult I’ve had jobs where I’ve been bored. In an office I was bored. With teaching I’m usually not bored, but sometimes I am bored with what I have to teach and the way I have to teach it. Being bored and dealing with it are skills kids should master. It will help them should they go to college and when they’re working adults. Boredom is a part of life. Kids these days seem to always feel bored because they’re used to video games, you tube, etc. always at their thumbs to provide entertainment. Sometimes my students say they’re bored and that’s just part of life. Other times they’re having a good time but those lessons designed to be fun are treats. Sometimes a lesson is boring to some students and exciting to the students who are interested in the topic.


LOL! Of course boredom is a part of life. I’m actually not a fan of over-scheduling my child’s day, as periods of boredom are awesome for inspiring creativity.

This does NOT mean that it’s acceptable to bore children to death in elementary school. (“Sorry kiddo. I know you’re only 7, but boredom is part of life. Better get used to it.” — Really?)

Of course we have all been bored in school at times. Hopefully, most of us have had engaging teachers that have taught engaging material. I know I have, and those were the classes in which I learned the most!

All of these teacher responses are depressing me. Where is the logic?
Stop blaming teachers for your kid being bored. It’s seriously a part of life. No college professor is going to sing and dance and put on a whole performance to keep your kid from feeling bored. Same with managers when they’re working adults someday.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fact is, we need teachers to be told WHAT to teach, with general guidelines of how to teach it. The selected curriculum needs to be proven to actually work. There are many options out there. Having teachers decide what to teach is a nightmare.

Good teachers are energetic, engaging, and know how to manage a classroom well.

We are told what to teach and what not to teach. I can say that last year when I taught in FCPS I was told not to explicitly teach spelling or grammar. Lucy Calkins addresses that stuff for like literally a second and it’s not explicit. My kids never had phonics bc Lucy didn’t add that until 2017 (I hear it’s not even good but it’s better than nothing). And I’m sorry but we’re you always engaged in school? I remember getting hired as a kid and that’s just part of school. I also got bored sometimes in colleges and had to take many classes I had zero interest in. As an adult I’ve had jobs where I’ve been bored. In an office I was bored. With teaching I’m usually not bored, but sometimes I am bored with what I have to teach and the way I have to teach it. Being bored and dealing with it are skills kids should master. It will help them should they go to college and when they’re working adults. Boredom is a part of life. Kids these days seem to always feel bored because they’re used to video games, you tube, etc. always at their thumbs to provide entertainment. Sometimes my students say they’re bored and that’s just part of life. Other times they’re having a good time but those lessons designed to be fun are treats. Sometimes a lesson is boring to some students and exciting to the students who are interested in the topic.

Stop blaming teachers for your kid being bored. It’s seriously a part of life. No college professor is going to sing and dance and put on a whole performance to keep your kid from feeling bored. Same with managers when they’re working adults someday.

DP. This makes me really sad. No, I was rarely bored at school. I had a great, engaging education all the way through my advanced degree. It included a strong foundation in grammar, spelling and writing in early years, which facilitated advanced learning and thinking later.

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Anonymous wrote:The fact is, we need teachers to be told WHAT to teach, with general guidelines of how to teach it. The selected curriculum needs to be proven to actually work. There are many options out there. Having teachers decide what to teach is a nightmare.

Good teachers are energetic, engaging, and know how to manage a classroom well.

We are told what to teach and what not to teach. I can say that last year when I taught in FCPS I was told not to explicitly teach spelling or grammar. Lucy Calkins addresses that stuff for like literally a second and it’s not explicit. My kids never had phonics bc Lucy didn’t add that until 2017 (I hear it’s not even good but it’s better than nothing). And I’m sorry but we’re you always engaged in school? I remember getting hired as a kid and that’s just part of school. I also got bored sometimes in colleges and had to take many classes I had zero interest in. As an adult I’ve had jobs where I’ve been bored. In an office I was bored. With teaching I’m usually not bored, but sometimes I am bored with what I have to teach and the way I have to teach it. Being bored and dealing with it are skills kids should master. It will help them should they go to college and when they’re working adults. Boredom is a part of life. Kids these days seem to always feel bored because they’re used to video games, you tube, etc. always at their thumbs to provide entertainment. Sometimes my students say they’re bored and that’s just part of life. Other times they’re having a good time but those lessons designed to be fun are treats. Sometimes a lesson is boring to some students and exciting to the students who are interested in the topic.

Stop blaming teachers for your kid being bored. It’s seriously a part of life. No college professor is going to sing and dance and put on a whole performance to keep your kid from feeling bored. Same with managers when they’re working adults someday.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fact is, we need teachers to be told WHAT to teach, with general guidelines of how to teach it. The selected curriculum needs to be proven to actually work. There are many options out there. Having teachers decide what to teach is a nightmare.

Good teachers are energetic, engaging, and know how to manage a classroom well.

We are told what to teach and what not to teach. I can say that last year when I taught in FCPS I was told not to explicitly teach spelling or grammar. Lucy Calkins addresses that stuff for like literally a second and it’s not explicit. My kids never had phonics bc Lucy didn’t add that until 2017 (I hear it’s not even good but it’s better than nothing). And I’m sorry but we’re you always engaged in school? I remember getting hired as a kid and that’s just part of school. I also got bored sometimes in colleges and had to take many classes I had zero interest in. As an adult I’ve had jobs where I’ve been bored. In an office I was bored. With teaching I’m usually not bored, but sometimes I am bored with what I have to teach and the way I have to teach it. Being bored and dealing with it are skills kids should master. It will help them should they go to college and when they’re working adults. Boredom is a part of life. Kids these days seem to always feel bored because they’re used to video games, you tube, etc. always at their thumbs to provide entertainment. Sometimes my students say they’re bored and that’s just part of life. Other times they’re having a good time but those lessons designed to be fun are treats. Sometimes a lesson is boring to some students and exciting to the students who are interested in the topic.

Stop blaming teachers for your kid being bored. It’s seriously a part of life. No college professor is going to sing and dance and put on a whole performance to keep your kid from feeling bored. Same with managers when they’re working adults someday.

DP. This makes me really sad. No, I was rarely bored at school. I had a great, engaging education all the way through my advanced degree. It included a strong foundation in grammar, spelling and writing in early years, which facilitated advanced learning and thinking later.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fact is, we need teachers to be told WHAT to teach, with general guidelines of how to teach it. The selected curriculum needs to be proven to actually work. There are many options out there. Having teachers decide what to teach is a nightmare.

Good teachers are energetic, engaging, and know how to manage a classroom well.

We are told what to teach and what not to teach. I can say that last year when I taught in FCPS I was told not to explicitly teach spelling or grammar. Lucy Calkins addresses that stuff for like literally a second and it’s not explicit. My kids never had phonics bc Lucy didn’t add that until 2017 (I hear it’s not even good but it’s better than nothing). And I’m sorry but we’re you always engaged in school? I remember getting hired as a kid and that’s just part of school. I also got bored sometimes in colleges and had to take many classes I had zero interest in. As an adult I’ve had jobs where I’ve been bored. In an office I was bored. With teaching I’m usually not bored, but sometimes I am bored with what I have to teach and the way I have to teach it. Being bored and dealing with it are skills kids should master. It will help them should they go to college and when they’re working adults. Boredom is a part of life. Kids these days seem to always feel bored because they’re used to video games, you tube, etc. always at their thumbs to provide entertainment. Sometimes my students say they’re bored and that’s just part of life. Other times they’re having a good time but those lessons designed to be fun are treats. Sometimes a lesson is boring to some students and exciting to the students who are interested in the topic.

Stop blaming teachers for your kid being bored. It’s seriously a part of life. No college professor is going to sing and dance and put on a whole performance to keep your kid from feeling bored. Same with managers when they’re working adults someday.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fact is, we need teachers to be told WHAT to teach, with general guidelines of how to teach it. The selected curriculum needs to be proven to actually work. There are many options out there. Having teachers decide what to teach is a nightmare.

Good teachers are energetic, engaging, and know how to manage a classroom well.

We are told what to teach and what not to teach. I can say that last year when I taught in FCPS I was told not to explicitly teach spelling or grammar. Lucy Calkins addresses that stuff for like literally a second and it’s not explicit. My kids never had phonics bc Lucy didn’t add that until 2017 (I hear it’s not even good but it’s better than nothing). And I’m sorry but we’re you always engaged in school? I remember getting hired as a kid and that’s just part of school. I also got bored sometimes in colleges and had to take many classes I had zero interest in. As an adult I’ve had jobs where I’ve been bored. In an office I was bored. With teaching I’m usually not bored, but sometimes I am bored with what I have to teach and the way I have to teach it. Being bored and dealing with it are skills kids should master. It will help them should they go to college and when they’re working adults. Boredom is a part of life. Kids these days seem to always feel bored because they’re used to video games, you tube, etc. always at their thumbs to provide entertainment. Sometimes my students say they’re bored and that’s just part of life. Other times they’re having a good time but those lessons designed to be fun are treats. Sometimes a lesson is boring to some students and exciting to the students who are interested in the topic.


LOL! Of course boredom is a part of life. I’m actually not a fan of over-scheduling my child’s day, as periods of boredom are awesome for inspiring creativity.

This does NOT mean that it’s acceptable to bore children to death in elementary school. (“Sorry kiddo. I know you’re only 7, but boredom is part of life. Better get used to it.” — Really?)

Of course we have all been bored in school at times. Hopefully, most of us have had engaging teachers that have taught engaging material. I know I have, and those were the classes in which I learned the most!

All of these teacher responses are depressing me. Where is the logic?
Stop blaming teachers for your kid being bored. It’s seriously a part of life. No college professor is going to sing and dance and put on a whole performance to keep your kid from feeling bored. Same with managers when they’re working adults someday.

Anonymous wrote:The fact is, we need teachers to be told WHAT to teach, with general guidelines of how to teach it. The selected curriculum needs to be proven to actually work. There are many options out there. Having teachers decide what to teach is a nightmare.

Good teachers are energetic, engaging, and know how to manage a classroom well.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fact is, we need teachers to be told WHAT to teach, with general guidelines of how to teach it. The selected curriculum needs to be proven to actually work. There are many options out there. Having teachers decide what to teach is a nightmare.

Good teachers are energetic, engaging, and know how to manage a classroom well.

We are told what to teach and what not to teach. I can say that last year when I taught in FCPS I was told not to explicitly teach spelling or grammar. Lucy Calkins addresses that stuff for like literally a second and it’s not explicit. My kids never had phonics bc Lucy didn’t add that until 2017 (I hear it’s not even good but it’s better than nothing). And I’m sorry but we’re you always engaged in school? I remember getting hired as a kid and that’s just part of school. I also got bored sometimes in colleges and had to take many classes I had zero interest in. As an adult I’ve had jobs where I’ve been bored. In an office I was bored. With teaching I’m usually not bored, but sometimes I am bored with what I have to teach and the way I have to teach it. Being bored and dealing with it are skills kids should master. It will help them should they go to college and when they’re working adults. Boredom is a part of life. Kids these days seem to always feel bored because they’re used to video games, you tube, etc. always at their thumbs to provide entertainment. Sometimes my students say they’re bored and that’s just part of life. Other times they’re having a good time but those lessons designed to be fun are treats. Sometimes a lesson is boring to some students and exciting to the students who are interested in the topic.

Stop blaming teachers for your kid being bored. It’s seriously a part of life. No college professor is going to sing and dance and put on a whole performance to keep your kid from feeling bored. Same with managers when they’re working adults someday.

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The first thing that needs to be done in regular classrooms at the early elementary level is to get rid of the kids who can't sit still and behave. Put them in separate classes and stop hiding behind IEPs - They literally take up time that could be used for literacy or any other subject. I don't know how much time is literally wasted because one or more kids consistently distract the rest of the class every day. Parents, you know who you are because these kids obviously live with you and I know of many cases that ate junk food all day, watched tv or played video games for hours at a time, and had very few rules to follow in their life. This is probably the single biggest complaint parents with kids in disruptive classes have and I know of more than a few teachers who couldn't stand these kids either because their parents won't allow teachers to punish them or remove them from the class.

You are truly an awful person. I hope you leave for private school.

Do you enjoy going to a movie theater and while watching a movie have 3 other patrons running around the theater, making noise, flicking the lights on and off and screaming? Because that is basically what it is like trying to learn with these mentally disturbed kids in the classroom.

Last year I was in my sons classroom helping and this crazy kid flipped his desk over in a rage. Do you have any clue how much chaos this caused in a 4th grade classroom? A loud bang and supplies and crap everywhere and a 9yr old having a tantrum. It ruined the entire lesson.

Pathetic. These kids need to head back to the special ed classes.

You should start with yourself. How did you become such a shitty, uninformed person? Time for some self-reflection.

Start at home.

Anonymous wrote:The fact is, we need teachers to be told WHAT to teach, with general guidelines of how to teach it. The selected curriculum needs to be proven to actually work. There are many options out there. Having teachers decide what to teach is a nightmare.

Good teachers are energetic, engaging, and know how to manage a classroom well.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

The first thing that needs to be done in regular classrooms at the early elementary level is to get rid of the kids who can't sit still and behave. Put them in separate classes and stop hiding behind IEPs - They literally take up time that could be used for literacy or any other subject. I don't know how much time is literally wasted because one or more kids consistently distract the rest of the class every day. Parents, you know who you are because these kids obviously live with you and I know of many cases that ate junk food all day, watched tv or played video games for hours at a time, and had very few rules to follow in their life. This is probably the single biggest complaint parents with kids in disruptive classes have and I know of more than a few teachers who couldn't stand these kids either because their parents won't allow teachers to punish them or remove them from the class.

You are truly an awful person. I hope you leave for private school.

Do you enjoy going to a movie theater and while watching a movie have 3 other patrons running around the theater, making noise, flicking the lights on and off and screaming? Because that is basically what it is like trying to learn with these mentally disturbed kids in the classroom.

Last year I was in my sons classroom helping and this crazy kid flipped his desk over in a rage. Do you have any clue how much chaos this caused in a 4th grade classroom? A loud bang and supplies and crap everywhere and a 9yr old having a tantrum. It ruined the entire lesson.

Pathetic. These kids need to head back to the special ed classes.

Lobby the government because they make the laws. The parents of these kids often due to have their kids included in NT classes. It’s terrible for all.

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Anonymous wrote:We are barely a developed nation at this point in any way, including education.

We are barely a developed nation BECAUSE our education system sucks. It all starts there.

Would be nice if our country funded education the way it funds the pentagon, huh.

Schools are failing our kids by wasting the money we give them, but sure! Let’s give them more!

Yes, we give schools too much money.

JFC. Are you a troll?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

The first thing that needs to be done in regular classrooms at the early elementary level is to get rid of the kids who can't sit still and behave. Put them in separate classes and stop hiding behind IEPs - They literally take up time that could be used for literacy or any other subject. I don't know how much time is literally wasted because one or more kids consistently distract the rest of the class every day. Parents, you know who you are because these kids obviously live with you and I know of many cases that ate junk food all day, watched tv or played video games for hours at a time, and had very few rules to follow in their life. This is probably the single biggest complaint parents with kids in disruptive classes have and I know of more than a few teachers who couldn't stand these kids either because their parents won't allow teachers to punish them or remove them from the class.

You are truly an awful person. I hope you leave for private school.

Do you enjoy going to a movie theater and while watching a movie have 3 other patrons running around the theater, making noise, flicking the lights on and off and screaming? Because that is basically what it is like trying to learn with these mentally disturbed kids in the classroom.

Last year I was in my sons classroom helping and this crazy kid flipped his desk over in a rage. Do you have any clue how much chaos this caused in a 4th grade classroom? A loud bang and supplies and crap everywhere and a 9yr old having a tantrum. It ruined the entire lesson.

Pathetic. These kids need to head back to the special ed classes.