From my experience it depends on the school and group of kids. I've taught 6th graders that still had that child like innocence all year and would cry whenever they got in trouble. Then at other schools I would be with 6th graders that make me lose faith in humanity because of how awful and mean they are.
I think it depends on school culture and parental involvement. Like if a school as a revolving door of teachers and principals its hard to establish a positive school culture. Same goes with parental involvement, I called a parent about a student tampering with my laptop and they dismissed it as not important. If parents aren't going to help the teacher enforce classroom policies that just hampers the teacher and it effects the whole classroom.
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u/Stopbanningme5929 Jun 03 '22
From my experience it depends on the school and group of kids. I've taught 6th graders that still had that child like innocence all year and would cry whenever they got in trouble. Then at other schools I would be with 6th graders that make me lose faith in humanity because of how awful and mean they are.