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mwei924

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Mon Dec-08-08 06:32 PM
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53. If you're a teacher, and over time, your students show zero improvement..

Edited on Mon Dec-08-08 06:33 PM by mwei924

..then that probably says more about the teacher than weekly observations. If a class is fun and the teacher is super nice, but the kids still don't learn anything-- what's the point? If they don't learn the necessary material to be on par with their grade level, what does it matter if the classroom is a fun place? They're not being helped that way.

A teacher shouldn't get fired just because over one semester, students didn't do amazing. But over many years, if there is a consistent pattern, then maybe..

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