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Originally Posted by devonc
My best friend teaches 5th grade in an Abbott district with a large minority population (I guess that makes them the majority). They recently decided that from now until April, the entire district will no longer be teaching Science or Social Studies, nor will the kids have library, in favor of 7 PERIODS OF TEST PREP PER WEEK. This means giving them practice tests and practice questions and timing them.
OMG!! Those poor kids! I suspect their stress levels will go through the roof!