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Originally Posted by purl4peace
... The stupid thing is what would they have a kid do if he is done with his work? Is he just supposed to sit there staring into space. Yeah... that works really well with a 6th grade boy full of energy and imagination.
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Uhm, perhaps check over what he's done, and possibly improve on it..., because I'd guess that he could. Or, if he is really "full of imagination," stare in space and imagine.
I don't know the particulars of the case, but I do know, that a classroom is a place where not only knowledge is imparted, but other things as well.
It would make sense, if a math teacher sees it as disruptive, if during class, one kid pulls out Proust volume, another a science magazine, another a comic book, and yet another a Kindle.
I don't normally find myself defending teachers, but there are occasions, when one must wonder, how any of them can continue to care....