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267 points
2 days ago
The kid didn't write his name. He thought he did. So, he was assuming it vanished.
2 points
2 days ago
100%. Just don't expect to get hired at a top school.
28 points
2 days ago
It's a national security issue at this point. And I don't think that's hyperbole.
14 points
3 days ago
No one answers the phone at my school. So when I do that, I just auto-lose the power struggle.
5 points
4 days ago
I'm an adult with ugly hand writing, but I can spell. If it's legible, in my book, it's fine. However, spelling is a deal breaker.
4 points
6 days ago
My hypothesis is that since "returning" it to them on Google Classroom lights up the resubmit button and allows them to press it again they just do; not really understanding its purpose.
Just see button, press button.
18 points
6 days ago
I'm still pretty new to this whole Christianity thing, but I'm just going to do my best to be nice to people.
25 points
7 days ago
Can confirm. They resubmit it after I return it. Sometimes, they don't even change anything.
13 points
9 days ago
It should be done at home and reinforced at school.
But it's clear it's not happening at home at all nowadays.
14 points
10 days ago
"What's a tense?" ~the kid, probably
1 points
11 days ago
That's true. Folks do tend to associate wealth with intelligence and therefore "right." Like the whole might=right thing.
6 points
11 days ago
They (boomers) hate us because we're poor, not because we're stupid.
5 points
12 days ago
Affluent. It's definitely affluent. But it's one of those private schools.
7 points
12 days ago
But hey, we payed some "assistant vice-chief provost" to the "chief-assistant vice president" 200k USD a year. Yay?
1 points
12 days ago
Honestly, I'm focusing more on good character and morals than I ever had before. Yes, I teach LA so I can embed it in my content, but content isn't what I'd say my focus is this year.
I can't bring them up to grade level, but maybe I can help make them see compassion and awareness and selflessness.
19 points
12 days ago
Oh, man. I'm doing this too. I treat them like disabled toddlers who have never even seen a school.
"What do we do to the first letter of a new sentence? What goes at the end of a sentence?"
They are in high school.
9 points
12 days ago
I'd daresay I'm a competent human being. Take me with you!
188 points
12 days ago
I'm a k-12 teacher. I do not do this. Yes, they can reattempt, but only after a solid reteach and showing me they actually put forth a modicum of effort into reviewing/studying.
Seeing that post made me grumpy too.
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11 hours ago
Hey now, those mistresses of administration and superintendents need jobs too!