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Dawn B's avatar

As a teacher in South Florida, having multiple non English speaking students, takes away teacher time from the rest of the class. You literally have to plan so much extra to service them, all while maintaining a positive environment and dealing with unruly behavior from kids who don't care about learning.

It can be done in a better way like putting an aide or volunteer to help the non English speaking children. I worked at a poor school and they do not have the same resources as affluent schools which makes it worse.

I went to college to make less than a garbage man.

I quit over mask wearing. Never again... and neither will my children go.

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Roger Beal's avatar

Hard way to learn a valuable lesson - but one which will literally save your children.

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Dawn B's avatar

We can only do our best and trust God.

Funny thing... I told my classes that garbage men make decent money more than teachers and proved it. Surprise...

I graduated college in 93 and went to a Christian non catholic college and they were far from perfect but better. Teaching and schools are very different now and I saw the change. It was still bad though in the 90s with having inclusion pushed. I had a down syndrome child and he would get into all kinds of things making a mess and annoying others. He was sweet but he didn't want to try and was frustrated. At the same time, every school had to have a certain amount of minorities so it was hard to get hired. I was passed over for a job at a school I loved and subbed at for a year when a minority applied at the last minute. The same hire had me sub for her and she left me notes for the class. She literally used improper verbs and she was expected to be teaching them to 1st graders!!! How did she even write a paper in college and graduate?

My last child graduated last year and is definitely NOT going to college but trade school.

My oldest is ready to have kids and wants me to homeschool them so...

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Mary Mc's avatar

Check out "Mike Rowe Works" scholarship program for.trade school. GREAT program.

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Dawn B's avatar

Thanks

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Donna in MO's avatar

The unruly behavior is rampant in our district, and we don't have as big of an ELL problem as some of the bigger cities. But the administration does not back the teachers, and many are leaving. Inmates are running the asylum, but the board is majority D (4-3) and will not address it. Working to flip it in April, with 2 very strong candidates, although a lot of damage has been done already.

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Dawn B's avatar

If everyone took their kids out of public school that would solve it. Either change things or dissolve them. In the meantime working parents can take turns with each other educating their children in groups.

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skeptic bruh's avatar

I support this, but then wonder if things would REALLY change. In the end, do they care if the classes get smaller and their job of brainwashing fragile minds gets easier? The locals won't allow you to NOT pay taxes so who would care?

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Dawn B's avatar

There would be a lot of empty buildings and people out of work.

Desantis gives a lot of public funding for alternative education like homeschooling and private schools. They would have to do something if all these parents demand the money their home public school would have for their kid.

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skeptic bruh's avatar

Ah, yeah. Florida. I grew up in NY (they didn't do that back in my day and I'd be shocked if they did now.) Lived in MA. (Again, I'd be shocked if they let the people reclaim hte money from the state..) Now I live in NC.

Wait. A quick search shows 9 states. Wowza.

"North Carolina becomes the ninth state with a universal school choice program in a year of unprecedented expansion. Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Utah and West Virginia now have ESA programs open to all. Oklahoma has a universal tax credit program."

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