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by etm117 5818 days ago
Yes, but it goes to the levels of the students in the class. A lower level class is not the teachers fault (or may not be, and realistically is prior year's teachers, parents, and other outside influences), but it will limit the teacher from doing things such as the balloon since they need to really focus on the NSLB testing studies.

So a teacher may be very competent, but not have the right opportunities to do interesting stuff like this if they cannot easily and directly tie it to classroom studies, especially those around standardized tests. And unfortunately it seems like teachers with lower level students only have enough time to focus on getting them to pass those tests.

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> And unfortunately it seems like teachers with lower level students only have enough time to focus on getting them to pass those tests.

Like I said, feel free to argue that those kids should do high altitude balloons instead of reading.

Yes, do both if you can, but if you have to make a decision, which one do you choose?