Went to my child’s parent teacher conference and my child went also. I was asking about a health worksheet that wasn’t filled out that my child brought home. I was told by the teacher that she didn’t expect my child to fill out the worksheet. I asked if she could bring home the work with the book so she could fill it out and I was told by the teacher that we couldn’t do that not enough books. Teacher said they do it in groups anyway. I mentioned that my child said she felt invisible in the group and no one helps her. Teacher said she would arrange a fellow student to help her. The teacher had told me this before so I wonder why this is happening? I was disappointed by her comment, it made me feel like she had no expectations for my daughter to function acadamically.
That’s a pretty typical description of health classes where I taught — the classes are big, with all ranges of abilities, so actually most students are invisible. My kiddos with no skills at all who stayed out of trouble tended to get D’s; if they consistently attended and played the game (sat quietly, copied stuff onto worksheets, copied the right paragraphs from encyclopedias as “reports” on sports, etc) then they got C’s. (This was middle school.)
If it’s any solace, there aren’t expectations for most students.