Zephy
Trying to watch Abbott Elementary, and it's crazy to me that teachers just walk out of their classes and leave their grade 1 and 2 students without an adult for any amount of time. Do American schools not have intercom systems?
Nov 15, 2024 at 2:41amWeb
Show threadRusty CorgiNov 15, 2024
@zephy We do  And our teachers don't generally just peace out unless we're taken to Spanish or Art class and another teacher is watching us.
Show threadAdri -💜 Kiki - 💚Nov 15, 2024
@zephy they do but many schools are underfunded and/or can't afford to repair old outdated equipment. Especially Philadelphia.
Show threadZephyNov 15, 2024
@luvstiger Sure, but the solution isn't just walking out of class to go have a several minute long meeting while 6 and 7 year olds are left unsupervised...
Show thread⚠️☠️🐉Nov 15, 2024
@zephy @luvstiger
It was a regular thing in kindy/primary/grade school for me...
Copies, coffee, bathroom...
Show threadAdri -💜 Kiki - 💚Nov 15, 2024
@lilDrakon @zephy yeah it's pretty rough especially when you have a higher teacher student ratio 30:1, 20:1 or a combo kinder/1st grade in one room. There really is no choice but to open an adjacent classroom so they can supervise by sound. (Why the quiet rule is so important.)
Show threadLittle LeifNov 17, 2024
@zephy I don't think you have to always be paying attention to kids, especially if you say, "Ok, work on this. I need to go do something real quick." XD
Show threadZephyNov 17, 2024
@Peacemaker9669 As someone that works in schools, if you did that with 6- and 7-year olds, you'd be on a disciplinary plan by the end of the day. Even pregnant teachers need to make special arrangements in advance with their neighbour teachers when emergency pee breaks happen.
Show threadLittle LeifNov 17, 2024
@zephy Yeah but Ava is not the best principal. X3
Plus I think Janine and Gregory are just right outside their classrooms so technically they're still supervising them? Unless you're referring to something else? :O
Show threadZephyNov 17, 2024
@Peacemaker9669 There's one where Ava calls Gregory to her office, and at one point he gets annoyed and asks if he can go back to his class because the kids are unsupervised. Like... so you've just been having a meeting and you left 6-year-olds alone? What would you say if one of the kids got hurt or a fight happened or something? The first question would be "where was the teacher?".
Show threadLittle LeifNov 17, 2024
@zephy Yeah. If I had to logically put it together, it could be due to understaffing and I think that was when Gregory was supposed to be a substitute and new? So he wouldn't know who to ask probably? But it's also a sitcom. X3