Categoría:5th grade

‘Oh the humanity’: Helicopter parents call their 5th grader’s educator a ‘horrible teacher’ because their star pupil son is getting straight A’s

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Teachers nowadays are expected to wear a lot of hats–and not in the fun way that you’d expect.  Being a teacher means that you’re a part-time parent, a babysitter, and an educator all wrapped up in a complicated, rule-bound package. With a curriculum to follow, angry parents to please, and a tenured principal ignoring your …
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Mom applies to be a substitute at her children’s school district, gets offered a position as a 5th grade teacher: ‘I’m not a licensed teacher! I don’t have a teaching degree.’

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It’s no secret that we’re having a teacher shortage right now. They’ve been an undervalued and unappreciated profession for years, and with great teachers leaving the profession at a startling rate, some schools are getting desperate to fill teaching positions.  This summer, a mom got an unexpected job offer from her children’s school. She applied …
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