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In reply to the discussion: A 13-Year-Old's Slavery Analogy Raises Some Uncomfortable Truths in School [View all]XemaSab
(60,212 posts)but I'm also interested in what parents and teachers have to say too.
I had teachers who were monsters who shouldn't have been allowed around children, but I also had teachers that I didn't like at the time who I later realized were just showing up and trying to do a good job.
To put it another way, it's hard for kids to have empathy not only for other kids but for adults too.
Jada thinks that her teachers are intentionally trying to make class boring, but I would be totally unsurprised if the teachers just plain lack the physical and mental resources to make class fun and interesting every day. In a class full of rich kids from good homes, something fun like acting out a play would work, but in a class full of kids who can't read, it would be a disaster.