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And no. About half the teachers wasted copious amounts of time doing everything but teaching. It wasn't one bad teacher. Half the teachers are incompetent and the administrators does nothing about it. The public school system is broken. The responses from.teachers here say it all.

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Anonymous wrote:After listening to the teaching that DC experienced over Zoom I would love to send to private but it's not affordable.
The amount of time wasted, the lack of individual feedback....EVER... the lack of rigor in the work.. I was and am disgusted at the state of "education. "

People are disgusted with parents like you. *Shrug*

Get over yourself and try to do better.

My own DC had a teacher who spent 15 minutes doing attendance every morning. She would ask the kids some silly question like "what's your favorite type of pizza" and spend 15 minutes gabbing with the kids when they answered. 15 minutes every class. That's 30 minutes a week for a class that met twice a week. I'll give you a hint: that's 25% of the learning time wasted.

And I don't blame teachers. I blame principals and administrators who allow this to go on. Not once did an administrator observe what was going on in a class. There is no accountability in schools.

DP.. I think the chitchat was on person during covid/zoom. Teachers were trying to make it fun and engage the students. Not saying I thought DL was great. It wasn't. But, MCPS was also focused on social/emotional issues as well as academic issues this past year.

I think if my kids kids needed smaller class sizes and more individual attention, I might look at private. My older DC did really well this past year and is in a magnet. The younger one could use smaller class sizes even pre-DL, but the public schools here are large enough that they can provide very interesting programs and clubs for all, whereas the smaller ones don't have the scale to do that.

So, public we will stay.

It was absolutely done on purpose. There is 15 minutes each morning devoted to a morning meeting. The whole point is to establish a relationship with the students. I can't even believe someone is upset about it.

This was 7th grade. It was an English course. Just stop.

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Anonymous wrote:After listening to the teaching that DC experienced over Zoom I would love to send to private but it's not affordable.
The amount of time wasted, the lack of individual feedback....EVER... the lack of rigor in the work.. I was and am disgusted at the state of "education. "

People are disgusted with parents like you. *Shrug*

Get over yourself and try to do better.

My own DC had a teacher who spent 15 minutes doing attendance every morning. She would ask the kids some silly question like "what's your favorite type of pizza" and spend 15 minutes gabbing with the kids when they answered. 15 minutes every class. That's 30 minutes a week for a class that met twice a week. I'll give you a hint: that's 25% of the learning time wasted.

And I don't blame teachers. I blame principals and administrators who allow this to go on. Not once did an administrator observe what was going on in a class. There is no accountability in schools.

DP.. I think the chitchat was on person during covid/zoom. Teachers were trying to make it fun and engage the students. Not saying I thought DL was great. It wasn't. But, MCPS was also focused on social/emotional issues as well as academic issues this past year.

I think if my kids kids needed smaller class sizes and more individual attention, I might look at private. My older DC did really well this past year and is in a magnet. The younger one could use smaller class sizes even pre-DL, but the public schools here are large enough that they can provide very interesting programs and clubs for all, whereas the smaller ones don't have the scale to do that.

So, public we will stay.

It was absolutely done on purpose. There is 15 minutes each morning devoted to a morning meeting. The whole point is to establish a relationship with the students. I can't even believe someone is upset about it.

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Anonymous wrote:After listening to the teaching that DC experienced over Zoom I would love to send to private but it's not affordable.
The amount of time wasted, the lack of individual feedback....EVER... the lack of rigor in the work.. I was and am disgusted at the state of "education. "

People are disgusted with parents like you. *Shrug*

Get over yourself and try to do better.

My own DC had a teacher who spent 15 minutes doing attendance every morning. She would ask the kids some silly question like "what's your favorite type of pizza" and spend 15 minutes gabbing with the kids when they answered. 15 minutes every class. That's 30 minutes a week for a class that met twice a week. I'll give you a hint: that's 25% of the learning time wasted.

And I don't blame teachers. I blame principals and administrators who allow this to go on. Not once did an administrator observe what was going on in a class. There is no accountability in schools.

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In the grown up business world if 25% of your task time is spent goofing off you'd be out the door. Twenty five percent of precious few minutes were spent on non instructional bs. That's PATHETIC. If you can't figure out how to spend your "extra time" teaching you should pack your ass up and get a career you're actually proficient at. And to have an attitude of defense about it is outrageous! You're STEALING our children's education with your ineptitude.

And no. It wasn't to give kids a sense of normalcy since most of them weren't even listening after the boredom kicked in. Unless you mean its normal for your students to have zoned out when you start class.

someone who doesn't know anything about teaching^^^

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In the grown up business world if 25% of your task time is spent goofing off you'd be out the door. Twenty five percent of precious few minutes were spent on non instructional bs. That's PATHETIC. If you can't figure out how to spend your "extra time" teaching you should pack your ass up and get a career you're actually proficient at. And to have an attitude of defense about it is outrageous! You're STEALING our children's education with your ineptitude.

And no. It wasn't to give kids a sense of normalcy since most of them weren't even listening after the boredom kicked in. Unless you mean its normal for your students to have zoned out when you start class.

Anonymous wrote:I have two friends who stuck it out through this year and are moving to private school for the FY '21-22 school year. We thought about it before the pandemic - basically due to large class sizes and feeling like our DC was not getting enough individualized attention. I fully believe MCPS will be 100% in person but what do you think about everything being back on track this year? Will this be like a real year or a catch up/we're still getting our bearings type of year? Thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:After listening to the teaching that DC experienced over Zoom I would love to send to private but it's not affordable.
The amount of time wasted, the lack of individual feedback....EVER... the lack of rigor in the work.. I was and am disgusted at the state of "education. "

People are disgusted with parents like you. *Shrug*

Get over yourself and try to do better.

My own DC had a teacher who spent 15 minutes doing attendance every morning. She would ask the kids some silly question like "what's your favorite type of pizza" and spend 15 minutes gabbing with the kids when they answered. 15 minutes every class. That's 30 minutes a week for a class that met twice a week. I'll give you a hint: that's 25% of the learning time wasted.

And I don't blame teachers. I blame principals and administrators who allow this to go on. Not once did an administrator observe what was going on in a class. There is no accountability in schools.

First of all, did you ever stop and think that the teacher did attendance to establish a sense of normalcy and routine during a pandemic? Second of all, do you not realize that in a normal school year, there there is always time to be filled? Even with all of the content, there is always extra time. Seems like you need to do better.

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Anonymous wrote:After listening to the teaching that DC experienced over Zoom I would love to send to private but it's not affordable.
The amount of time wasted, the lack of individual feedback....EVER... the lack of rigor in the work.. I was and am disgusted at the state of "education. "

People are disgusted with parents like you. *Shrug*

Get over yourself and try to do better.

My own DC had a teacher who spent 15 minutes doing attendance every morning. She would ask the kids some silly question like "what's your favorite type of pizza" and spend 15 minutes gabbing with the kids when they answered. 15 minutes every class. That's 30 minutes a week for a class that met twice a week. I'll give you a hint: that's 25% of the learning time wasted.

And I don't blame teachers. I blame principals and administrators who allow this to go on. Not once did an administrator observe what was going on in a class. There is no accountability in schools.

DP.. I think the chitchat was on person during covid/zoom. Teachers were trying to make it fun and engage the students. Not saying I thought DL was great. It wasn't. But, MCPS was also focused on social/emotional issues as well as academic issues this past year.

I think if my kids kids needed smaller class sizes and more individual attention, I might look at private. My older DC did really well this past year and is in a magnet. The younger one could use smaller class sizes even pre-DL, but the public schools here are large enough that they can provide very interesting programs and clubs for all, whereas the smaller ones don't have the scale to do that.

So, public we will stay.

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Anonymous wrote:After listening to the teaching that DC experienced over Zoom I would love to send to private but it's not affordable.
The amount of time wasted, the lack of individual feedback....EVER... the lack of rigor in the work.. I was and am disgusted at the state of "education. "

People are disgusted with parents like you. *Shrug*

Get over yourself and try to do better.

My own DC had a teacher who spent 15 minutes doing attendance every morning. She would ask the kids some silly question like "what's your favorite type of pizza" and spend 15 minutes gabbing with the kids when they answered. 15 minutes every class. That's 30 minutes a week for a class that met twice a week. I'll give you a hint: that's 25% of the learning time wasted.

And I don't blame teachers. I blame principals and administrators who allow this to go on. Not once did an administrator observe what was going on in a class. There is no accountability in schools.

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Anonymous wrote:After listening to the teaching that DC experienced over Zoom I would love to send to private but it's not affordable.
The amount of time wasted, the lack of individual feedback....EVER... the lack of rigor in the work.. I was and am disgusted at the state of "education. "

People are disgusted with parents like you. *Shrug*

Get over yourself and try to do better.

My own DC had a teacher who spent 15 minutes doing attendance every morning. She would ask the kids some silly question like "what's your favorite type of pizza" and spend 15 minutes gabbing with the kids when they answered. 15 minutes every class. That's 30 minutes a week for a class that met twice a week. I'll give you a hint: that's 25% of the learning time wasted.

And I don't blame teachers. I blame principals and administrators who allow this to go on. Not once did an administrator observe what was going on in a class. There is no accountability in schools.

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Anonymous wrote:After listening to the teaching that DC experienced over Zoom I would love to send to private but it's not affordable.
The amount of time wasted, the lack of individual feedback....EVER... the lack of rigor in the work.. I was and am disgusted at the state of "education. "

People are disgusted with parents like you. *Shrug*

Get over yourself and try to do better.

My own DC had a teacher who spent 15 minutes doing attendance every morning. She would ask the kids some silly question like "what's your favorite type of pizza" and spend 15 minutes gabbing with the kids when they answered. 15 minutes every class. That's 30 minutes a week for a class that met twice a week. I'll give you a hint: that's 25% of the learning time wasted.

And I don't blame teachers. I blame principals and administrators who allow this to go on. Not once did an administrator observe what was going on in a class. There is no accountability in schools.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't blame you.

I just hope that in the future we as a society can recognize that stopping in person learning has real consequences. Education is essential (and for large numbers of students, does not work virtually).

We were in a tough place, with no easy answers. Yes, school sucked for a lot of kids, mine included. How many more people might have died with 100% in-person school? I'm not qualified to answer that, but I can say I think we lost enough lives as it was.

We know that schools could have reopened safely with precautions in place.

We saw this happen in other parts of the country. And we saw it happen right here with private schools.

MCPS stayed closed longer than most other school systems in the US. That had too many negative effects.

Most of that information is in hindsight. The schools that opened up were doing an experiment with insufficient and evolving data. They weren’t smart they were lucky. I’m a public school parent and the sibling of a public school teacher and I am glad that they put the health and safety of my sibling and that of the children first.

Sure. And we were really UNlucky that our kids were kept out of school buildings for over a year. For no good reason.

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Anonymous wrote:After listening to the teaching that DC experienced over Zoom I would love to send to private but it's not affordable.
The amount of time wasted, the lack of individual feedback....EVER... the lack of rigor in the work.. I was and am disgusted at the state of "education. "

People are disgusted with parents like you. *Shrug*

Get over yourself and try to do better.

My own DC had a teacher who spent 15 minutes doing attendance every morning. She would ask the kids some silly question like "what's your favorite type of pizza" and spend 15 minutes gabbing with the kids when they answered. 15 minutes every class. That's 30 minutes a week for a class that met twice a week. I'll give you a hint: that's 25% of the learning time wasted.

And I don't blame teachers. I blame principals and administrators who allow this to go on. Not once did an administrator observe what was going on in a class. There is no accountability in schools.