Reply #22: I teach in another part of Florida, and had the exact same experience.

[Riley18]

Our students are tested in so many senseless ways that for the first time in my career it was difficult to really connect with the students. It felt somewhat unreal and unnatural to me because these are 7 and 8 year old kids who should not be subjected to this craziness. The only thing I am sure my students will remember is how to bubble in a test. Next year is going to be much worse than the one that just ended as the kids are going to be going from teacher to teacher for reading. They have a new idea called "walk to intervention" so that each kid will go to a room designated for their level or something. I am completely over this whole testing til they drop mentality.

We also have to do everything on the same schedule as everyone else. There is no option for a teachable moment because that would take us off schedule. It is strictly uniform and completely boring. Something tells me that the rich kids at the school where the Obama children go to are not being subjected to this sort of fake education.