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Originally Posted by Harry Lime
Do people think that PD days are days off for the teacher?
Professional Development. Depending on how strict administration is for each school, it's so the government can indoctrinate the teachers, so that they can later indoctrinate your kids. They have to be in the school or at a seminar, not skiing.
It inconvenienced me! Therefore I am enraged!
Reasons the marks are dropping.
Covid interruption.
Overflowing classrooms.
Poor curriculum.
No time for one-on-one instruction.
Less time for parents/tutors to help as the population gets poorer.
Mixed 10/20/40 classes, with little support.
New grading procedures.
Admin catering to parents.
Weak parenting that blames the teachers for poor results.
Overall air of hostility.
The governments "war on teachers".
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I know what they're supposed to be for. But I have some teachers on social media, and I occasionally kinda pissed off at what shows up on a PD day in their feeds. I don't blame teachers though. It's management and above creating chaos and adding seemingly unnecessary complexity for parents with kids to have kids in school.