UNPOPULAR OPINIONS ABOUT TEACHING || from a teacher with gen ed and sped experience

[@christineaslan7101]

Welcome back! I agree with your hot takes. I will share what happens here for us in Turkey 🇹🇷 Every school holiday my kids get homework. They get a book ranging from 30ish to 110 pages to complete during break. I hate it! The 100 ones are for summer break. I feel it causes so much trouble in the house- I have to ask, encourage, nag them to do it. I have asked my husband to talk to the school about it ( I can't because of the language barrier & I am WAY too passionate to not lose my cool 🤦🏼‍♀️ ). I remember doing summer reading and a book report- I hated it as a kid but I'm ok with that even as a parent. Not all schools have the homework packets here- but many do. I'm all for kids who want extra stuff- it can be provided and they can do it if they want or not (although that is more work for the teacher to prep). This is so relevant to my life right now- the kids went back to school today from 2 weeks off. Love your videos. Have a great week.

[@ElainaxStrongerSpEd]

Always appreciate hearing from you, Christine! I just always want to ask people where their research is to support the homework thing. It doesn’t exist!

[@christineaslan7101]

@@ElainaxStrongerSpEd I like to comment to support your channel. You do a great job! Keep it up!

[@TheShelly797979]

Been in the classroom since 2004. First as a high school English teacher and then as a SPED teacher. I think a lot of the times, special educators have different views regarding some of the topics you touch upon. We have to take a lot more classes on behavior than most gen ed students (in my experience). You aren't wrong about anything you discussed. Keep teaching!

[@ElainaxStrongerSpEd]

Thank you!! It’s a shame that we don’t ALL take these classes in behavior and have that training. Truth be told, most of my kids spend more time with their Gen Ed teachers than they do with me, so they definitely need to have the training and be equipped to make that a successful experience for ALL their students.

[@jacquelinemaria2902]

I agree with you about homework and not taking gym away when they misbehave. Children need more than 1 hour of recess.

[@ElainaxStrongerSpEd]

Agreed!!