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Anonymous wrote:Our ES didn't have field days this year because of "covid". Really the PE teachers just suck.

This is an outside activity, how is covid an excuse for this? Unless half the staff is out.

Field day is extra work for pe teachers, im sure they just didnt give AF

That makes me saf. We had field day today and all the kids had a blast.

My sixth grader has not watched a movie yet. Totally fine if they get to enjoy some of next week with movies and fun!

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Anonymous wrote:Our ES didn't have field days this year because of "covid". Really the PE teachers just suck.

This is an outside activity, how is covid an excuse for this? Unless half the staff is out.

Field day is extra work for pe teachers, im sure they just didnt give AF

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Anonymous wrote:Watch movies at home. There are plenty of things teachers can have kids doing in these last weeks - even without computers and without grades - with even a little forethought. Good god, one-to-one laptops has become an excuse for zero creativity or hands-on experiences like have been done for decades.

Even an option of (a) silent reading or (b) board games for all students would provide enrichment/valuable use of time and not involve screens.

Fine but then give teachers two days paid at the end of the year to pack everything up and do the end of the year checklist then. The reason they are showing movies is that they aren’t given days without students to get all of that stuff done.

You’re kidding, right? They do get an extra day. Their contract goes through June 13. If they cannot pack up in 7.5 hours, there’s something wrong with the teacher’s organizational skills.

Hahahahahahahahaha
Ok then. You do know Marie Kondos show was not actually only 23 minutes right.? I think the deepest form of Karenism is the inability to have empathy and respect for things you don’t have first hand experience in. To make you more aware, we teachers have a lot of hands on materials interesting items (bee hives bird nests magnets) etc. not to mention the math materials.
Thanks for your judgement and I hope your child never has a teacher who attempts to bring in their own materials and manipulatives. If they do it may take a while for them to pack up at the end of they year and that would be horrible!

Haha! I taught 4th grade for 15 years in FCPS. I definitely brought in many of my own materials, books and supplies. Again, if you’re struggling to pack up given the planning time, and a full workday, you might want to look at how you’re organizing your materials.

I teach a pre-k inclusion class- thanks so much for the advice- I’m sure you know all about it 4th grade is JUST LIKE Prek with the level of materials you use - you may want to look at the judgements you make of other teachers

If you’re in a preK class, your last day of teaching was today. You have 6 workdays to pack up all your beehive magnets. Also, you have co-teachers and assistants that are helping you. What in the world are you here complaining about?

Anonymous wrote:Our ES didn't have field days this year because of "covid". Really the PE teachers just suck.

This is an outside activity, how is covid an excuse for this? Unless half the staff is out.

Our ES didn't have field days this year because of "covid". Really the PE teachers just suck.

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Anonymous wrote:My junior still has homework and projects.
My 6th grader has dumb busy work, like the rest of her school year.

No one is watching movies.

It's disappointing that a public school system can't go above and beyond and continue teaching reading comprehension and math fluency in elementary, if they've "completed" the curriculum already...

What is your 6th grader doing? My 6th grader has been working on projects and presenting.

DP. By way of "work", they have some sort of construction project that they think is dumb, because they can't just build, they also have to calculate surface area, and volume of their structures, limiting them to shapes they know how to calculate those for. Besides that, they play lots of board games, bring their favorite stuffed animals, build tents, read in them, etc. Today is field day, so at least they'll be outside, playing. I'm okay with it. They need to blow off some steam. If they do it by playing volleyball in their strings classroom, so be it.

I think a lot of your are oblivious to the dysfunction in many classrooms this year where silent reading and quiet, constructive activities have become almost impossible because of the number of behaviorally challenged and psychologically unstable children who make everyday routine and civil interaction as tentative as a house of cards. Keep in mind that some schools have much better management and more supportive administrations than others, and also keep in mind that some schools have more difficult student populations than others. As a HS teacher at a school with a mixed student population and ineffective administrators, I cherish the classes where students are curious and inquisitive and receptive to teaching. Other classes, I am happy if I can get through them without someone throwing a book or a chair at a classmate. It is the latter kind of class which gets the movie as the fun class at the end of the year.

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Anonymous wrote:Watch movies at home. There are plenty of things teachers can have kids doing in these last weeks - even without computers and without grades - with even a little forethought. Good god, one-to-one laptops has become an excuse for zero creativity or hands-on experiences like have been done for decades.

Even an option of (a) silent reading or (b) board games for all students would provide enrichment/valuable use of time and not involve screens.

Fine but then give teachers two days paid at the end of the year to pack everything up and do the end of the year checklist then. The reason they are showing movies is that they aren’t given days without students to get all of that stuff done.

You’re kidding, right? They do get an extra day. Their contract goes through June 13. If they cannot pack up in 7.5 hours, there’s something wrong with the teacher’s organizational skills.

I sympathize with the elementary teachers. I’m a high school teacher (home sick today) and the new trend for us on those days is to fill it with meetings or worse, professional development. I don’t know if that’s also going on in elementary school. This is why many of us close the grade books early. It’s not actually a grading day anymore. Forget having time to close up the room.

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Anonymous wrote:Watch movies at home. There are plenty of things teachers can have kids doing in these last weeks - even without computers and without grades - with even a little forethought. Good god, one-to-one laptops has become an excuse for zero creativity or hands-on experiences like have been done for decades.

Even an option of (a) silent reading or (b) board games for all students would provide enrichment/valuable use of time and not involve screens.

Fine but then give teachers two days paid at the end of the year to pack everything up and do the end of the year checklist then. The reason they are showing movies is that they aren’t given days without students to get all of that stuff done.

You’re kidding, right? They do get an extra day. Their contract goes through June 13. If they cannot pack up in 7.5 hours, there’s something wrong with the teacher’s organizational skills.

Hahahahahahahahaha
Ok then. You do know Marie Kondos show was not actually only 23 minutes right.? I think the deepest form of Karenism is the inability to have empathy and respect for things you don’t have first hand experience in. To make you more aware, we teachers have a lot of hands on materials interesting items (bee hives bird nests magnets) etc. not to mention the math materials.
Thanks for your judgement and I hope your child never has a teacher who attempts to bring in their own materials and manipulatives. If they do it may take a while for them to pack up at the end of they year and that would be horrible!

Haha! I taught 4th grade for 15 years in FCPS. I definitely brought in many of my own materials, books and supplies. Again, if you’re struggling to pack up given the planning time, and a full workday, you might want to look at how you’re organizing your materials.

I teach a pre-k inclusion class- thanks so much for the advice- I’m sure you know all about it 4th grade is JUST LIKE Prek with the level of materials you use - you may want to look at the judgements you make of other teachers

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Watch movies at home. There are plenty of things teachers can have kids doing in these last weeks - even without computers and without grades - with even a little forethought. Good god, one-to-one laptops has become an excuse for zero creativity or hands-on experiences like have been done for decades.

Even an option of (a) silent reading or (b) board games for all students would provide enrichment/valuable use of time and not involve screens.

Fine but then give teachers two days paid at the end of the year to pack everything up and do the end of the year checklist then. The reason they are showing movies is that they aren’t given days without students to get all of that stuff done.

You’re kidding, right? They do get an extra day. Their contract goes through June 13. If they cannot pack up in 7.5 hours, there’s something wrong with the teacher’s organizational skills.

Hahahahahahahahaha
Ok then. You do know Marie Kondos show was not actually only 23 minutes right.? I think the deepest form of Karenism is the inability to have empathy and respect for things you don’t have first hand experience in. To make you more aware, we teachers have a lot of hands on materials interesting items (bee hives bird nests magnets) etc. not to mention the math materials.
Thanks for your judgement and I hope your child never has a teacher who attempts to bring in their own materials and manipulatives. If they do it may take a while for them to pack up at the end of they year and that would be horrible!

Haha! I taught 4th grade for 15 years in FCPS. I definitely brought in many of my own materials, books and supplies. Again, if you’re struggling to pack up given the planning time, and a full workday, you might want to look at how you’re organizing your materials.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Watch movies at home. There are plenty of things teachers can have kids doing in these last weeks - even without computers and without grades - with even a little forethought. Good god, one-to-one laptops has become an excuse for zero creativity or hands-on experiences like have been done for decades.

Even an option of (a) silent reading or (b) board games for all students would provide enrichment/valuable use of time and not involve screens.

Fine but then give teachers two days paid at the end of the year to pack everything up and do the end of the year checklist then. The reason they are showing movies is that they aren’t given days without students to get all of that stuff done.

You’re kidding, right? They do get an extra day. Their contract goes through June 13. If they cannot pack up in 7.5 hours, there’s something wrong with the teacher’s organizational skills.

Hahahahahahahahaha
Ok then. You do know Marie Kondos show was not actually only 23 minutes right.? I think the deepest form of Karenism is the inability to have empathy and respect for things you don’t have first hand experience in. To make you more aware, we teachers have a lot of hands on materials interesting items (bee hives bird nests magnets) etc. not to mention the math materials.
Thanks for your judgement and I hope your child never has a teacher who attempts to bring in their own materials and manipulatives. If they do it may take a while for them to pack up at the end of they year and that would be horrible!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Watch movies at home. There are plenty of things teachers can have kids doing in these last weeks - even without computers and without grades - with even a little forethought. Good god, one-to-one laptops has become an excuse for zero creativity or hands-on experiences like have been done for decades.

Even an option of (a) silent reading or (b) board games for all students would provide enrichment/valuable use of time and not involve screens.

Fine but then give teachers two days paid at the end of the year to pack everything up and do the end of the year checklist then. The reason they are showing movies is that they aren’t given days without students to get all of that stuff done.

You’re kidding, right? They do get an extra day. Their contract goes through June 13. If they cannot pack up in 7.5 hours, there’s something wrong with the teacher’s organizational skills.

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Anonymous wrote:We already missed a year of school due to COVID. Not really okay with it!

I agree with you...Why can't teachers at least have the kids read or play games while they pack up the classroom?

Cause my kids are in your kids class. We practice games all the time and every time one of my kids (can be either child) but on ends up screaming and crying because they lost. I deal with it as a parent but I can’t imagine my kids are the only ones like this. I’m glad your child handles losing well….

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Anonymous wrote:Watch movies at home. There are plenty of things teachers can have kids doing in these last weeks - even without computers and without grades - with even a little forethought. Good god, one-to-one laptops has become an excuse for zero creativity or hands-on experiences like have been done for decades.

Even an option of (a) silent reading or (b) board games for all students would provide enrichment/valuable use of time and not involve screens.

Fine but then give teachers two days paid at the end of the year to pack everything up and do the end of the year checklist then. The reason they are showing movies is that they aren’t given days without students to get all of that stuff done.

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Thought they do have this. Don’t teachers have two days the following week after kids’ last day?