Monday, September 6, 2010

What is it like to have your own child in the classroom?

Might make one wonder, what it is like as a public school employee to have your own child in the classroom.  It can be interesting, but it is much more difficult on the child than it is on the teacher.   Peers are relentless.   Peers imagine that somehow there are special favors granted for the teacher's child.  Peers think the child gets inside information about tests, or answers.  Peers think that the child "knows" things that the teacher has passed on.  Many staffers at this school have had their own children, and some of those staffers have looked for ways to provide their children "advantages."   To me, this is not fair to the other children, and didn't happen when my children were in my classroom.   
It is a fine line, but for 45 minutes, my child is a student just as the other 24 students are in the room. no more, no less.   The expectations are the same for each and every one.   Period.

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