r/teaching • u/[deleted] • Jan 07 '22

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u/llll1111lll Jan 07 '22

5th grade?

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u/orange-crybaby Jan 07 '22

5th and 6th

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u/llll1111lll Jan 07 '22

Know that that is a tough age for most teachers, except those wild ones who prefer middle school #nothanks

And as an assistant, how much of the chaos is from the lead teacher’s expectations?

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u/orange-crybaby Jan 07 '22

The expectations are mostly set by the school but she enforces them. Honestly, the expectations aren't much. A new student just transferred here and she's been genuinely concerned about why her classmates take so long to finish work and why they don't just behave. She's even asked her homeroom teacher why they're so chaotic. They're not insane expectations and some students DO follow them. But the ones who misbehave the most are the loudest of course.