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We need more people like you, God bless you

You predicted the future

factory line school teaching has been proven to be a bad way of teaching, students should be allowed to communicate with each other and figure out problems together. was quite the shock when i finally got a job and realized im actually allowed to get help from coworkers or use the internet as a resource to help with my job

there’s a time to talk and a time to listen

i was the little girl and i was not ready to get called on 😭😭

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Children are learning how to navigate the world. How to deal with emotions, how to behave. It is completely normal for children to be children. And if a child is systematically misbehaving, there's probably a deeper meaning behind that. Schools need to be trauma informed and try to teach the kids strategies of how they can soothe themselves and communicate their needs. A lot of kids experience abuse at home so they lack this skills.

Where u ever a kid?

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Well it is for the teachers or staff who need a reminder, so times we get in our own way and think this is ok and forget about how the students feel

It is wonderful when you can recognize this behavior on your self and CHANGE for the BEST!

then the video did its job, sometimes we need a reminder, I sure did and the next day I was the Happy Teacher

agreed. ☺

All research shows it's not class size but the quality of the person conducting the class. Small classes meant more union members not improved education. As a matter of fact, the quality of education has declined over the years that union control (and government control) increased.

Research shows it's not class size "past a certain size", which where I live is considered to be 28. Teachers will tell me that more than 28 really starts to get out of hand, even with normally behaved students. As to your second point, do you have a citation for that?

Your comment is not supported by evidence. It is the opposite. Less overworked teachers, smaller size classrooms, teachers who have a realistic/fair earning wage tend to care more. Of course there are always exceptions. Some people do not love kids and the work they as teachers do. So that is another story.

True, motivation and training really do count, but can the best teacher handle 60 students who've had energy drinks for breakfast instead of food and who aren't engaged in the curriculum? It's a Lot of factors that make up a good school environment. Having a working education system helps retain the good teachers and prevent them being burned out.

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Thank you very much. This is a vitally needed message, and a well-done video. I really appreciate this.

Life don't give a crap about your sensitive feelings, just pay attention what other's are trying to teach you!

There is no recess anymore!?

In many schools in the US, it doesn't exist or has it's playtime greatly reduced. It's a sad world we live in.

Recess now is extra test taking strategy time

At my high school, all I get is a 40 minute lunch break to eat and talk with my friends. The other 8 hours of the day are spent in the classroom.

Alex Liang 40 minutes we only got 20

i am a teacher and am sure you would agree in the life a child even one is too many

I can sadly assure you scenario 1 is way too common.

You are soooooo right on so many things you said. Parents, not teachers, are the point that needs focus in the triangle of growing students. First, we, as educators have to accept we work with STUDENTS and not children. Parents own children, Teachers work with STUDENTS. Many of the things we deal with as teachers we CANNOT FIX because that is the responsibility of the PARENTS to establish in their CHILD. From that, we can be teachers for their child. We can be Teachers for OUR Students. We can never think we are parents for our Students. Define the roles or fail the child AND the student. Kids have no expectation to carry on being "angels" regardless of who is in front of them. Want to find the real child in our students, put a substitute in a classroom. I honestly don't know how people teach above 3rd grade in some schools. I've subbed. Some schools, I would take any assignment in the building. When you look at the makeup of the children coming into the building, almost every child makes the daily transition to STUDENT. Yes, they bring an apple into the room. Other schools, you couldn't pay me enough to sub in 3rd grade and above because so many children never transition to Student. Their parents haven't instilled upon them that they must RESPECT (not do blind obedience) to competent authority figures. That means Teachers, bus drivers, janitors, their peers, whomever is in the school. Some of these children are going to end up in jail for most of their adult lives because they have been taught that it is OK for the world to change for them. That thanks to things like equity thinking, they are entitled to do as they freaking please. That is an attitude that will fail the child. It is NOT an attitude that a Teacher teaches. It is also an attitude that a Teacher can not unteach. Teahers do love teaching and teaching to their students. As a 50 year old man, I went to a community college and university near me. One of the things I spotted is even with young adults, or really adults, they were never taught how to appreciate the educational opportunity presented to them. They don't know HOW to study. They don't know how to interact as a student. They don't know what it means to be a student even though most of their life they have been a student. Parents need to be doing that for their child. Notice all the people these children came in contact with were NOT their parent yet these people were shown to be the ones who are responsible for showing children how to be productive members of their community. The traits the video shows as good and bad in a Teacher/school staff are the same things parents do to their children. Yet where is the video for that? We want to fix the education system in America, it will start with the parents. Period.

Well the truth hurts. Stop being so mean

YOU ARE SO RIGHT! However, parents will not learn until it is too late and their kids become childish adults that never grow up.

It is indeed sad that this was 6 years ago and yet the problem persists and parents are still blaming teachers 😢 for how unruly their children are.😮

Instead of showing the frustration in only one side that u think it’s students the problem. Why not make it a positive issue. One where u speak of making a video addressing both sides both parties being the problem, because teachers, and staff can be cruel as well. Yes parents need to educate their children at home better in giving respect. But I remember being a child going to school and having all this staff being so rude and showing favoritism to others. But u can’t speak of this because in ur world this doesn’t happen with staff it’s the children and parents right?

The question we should be asking is why should it *not* be appropriate for children to grow up and learn in an atmosphere of love and affection? Another question is who does it benefit to raise a generation of children to be suspicious and paranoid around adults?

Hi, Steven, this is a great question. Actually, we call appropriate hugs "side hugs". They are definitely acceptable. It's very sad to say, but in the demographics I teach in many of our school children never get an appropriate, meaningful hug from an adult unless it's at school. Most of them are lucky to get fed after they go home from school. Yep, that is in America.

Aaaaaaand, that's part of the problem. Why shouldn't teachers be allowed to hug students? Are we afraid that it will turn them into pedophiles? Seriously, it's a hug. A HUG!

To be fair, they've earned it. About 1 in 5 girls are the victims of sexual abuse, and that often begins with slowly breaking down barriers (i.e. evolving to full-frontal hugs). Ideally, professionals should be using a "side-hug" and it should be initiated by the youth.

No, a child hugging an adult does not trigger sexual abuse. sexual abuse is initiated and maintained by the adult only. The child goes along with it out of fear of being harmed, fear of being blamed, feelings of guilt, feelings of shame/ embarrassment, and overall grooming.