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View submission: IAMA Male Head Start Teacher, AMA!
Do you have small animals like hamsters or fish in your class?
Do you ever see a kid so far ahead that you'd recommend they skip a grade?
Is summer mostly goofing off because there is no school?
Comment by damididit at 03/07/2015 at 02:45 UTC
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While we occasionally have guests briefly visit our room (caterpillars turning into butterflies, tadpoles growing into frogs, etc), we have no official class pets.
I have yet to have a kid that I would recommend skipping a grade. Even kids who come in academically advanced almost always need the socialization skills that come in the early grades.
Unfortunately I'm still rolling in student loan debt (and car loan debt), so I actually teach a Head Start summer program that starts Monday and runs to the end of July. In 3 years I *should* be debt free, then maybe I can spend a whole summer relaxing. Until then, I gotta keep money coming in!