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Anonymous wrote:I taught high school English in the 2000s. It was shocking to me how little some of my colleagues required of kids. We would go over the really bare bones requirements - the research project, read one Shakespeare play, etc. Some of my less than stellar colleagues would brag, "Oh, I just put them in groups and have them make a poster for the 'research requirement.'" "Oh, I just have them watch the movie for the Shakespeare requirement." I honestly have no idea what these people were doing in their classrooms every day. I assigned a multi-page paper and we read a major play or novel every 9 weeks. Of course, this is probably why I was given honors and AP classes and these other teachers weren't.

Of course, this was in my 20s before I had kids. I worked really long, unsustainable hours. But at least students would come back to me and say, "Some of my college classmates don't know how to write a paper. I learned that from you!" Of course, at the time they complained that I was too hard and the other teachers didn't make kids do what I was doing. But that's OK . . . that's what teenagers do.

Do you want a cookie? These teachers have lives. Admin should provide enough planning time to allow teachers to plan and grade more rigorous assignments without having to work “really long and unsustainable hours.”

Anonymous wrote:I taught high school English in the 2000s. It was shocking to me how little some of my colleagues required of kids. We would go over the really bare bones requirements - the research project, read one Shakespeare play, etc. Some of my less than stellar colleagues would brag, "Oh, I just put them in groups and have them make a poster for the 'research requirement.'" "Oh, I just have them watch the movie for the Shakespeare requirement." I honestly have no idea what these people were doing in their classrooms every day. I assigned a multi-page paper and we read a major play or novel every 9 weeks. Of course, this is probably why I was given honors and AP classes and these other teachers weren't.

Of course, this was in my 20s before I had kids. I worked really long, unsustainable hours. But at least students would come back to me and say, "Some of my college classmates don't know how to write a paper. I learned that from you!" Of course, at the time they complained that I was too hard and the other teachers didn't make kids do what I was doing. But that's OK . . . that's what teenagers do.

Anonymous wrote:I taught high school English in the 2000s. It was shocking to me how little some of my colleagues required of kids. We would go over the really bare bones requirements - the research project, read one Shakespeare play, etc. Some of my less than stellar colleagues would brag, "Oh, I just put them in groups and have them make a poster for the 'research requirement.'" "Oh, I just have them watch the movie for the Shakespeare requirement." I honestly have no idea what these people were doing in their classrooms every day. I assigned a multi-page paper and we read a major play or novel every 9 weeks. Of course, this is probably why I was given honors and AP classes and these other teachers weren't.

Of course, this was in my 20s before I had kids. I worked really long, unsustainable hours. But at least students would come back to me and say, "Some of my college classmates don't know how to write a paper. I learned that from you!" Of course, at the time they complained that I was too hard and the other teachers didn't make kids do what I was doing. But that's OK . . . that's what teenagers do.