On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:29:05 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:

> This particular teacher prefers 5th. She taught 5-6 when our two
> younger kids were in her class. She has two children, and decided to
> switch to teaching 2nd grade when her oldest was born. It's hard to get
> a good night's sleep with a little one, and they can be very demanding.
> With 2nd grade, she figured there would be fewer papers to grade and
> less prep. She hated it! One year and she switched back.

LOL! People, even teachers, think the younger grades are less work...
nosireebob! The younger they are the more time and energy they take.
As any kindergarten teacher. They are a LOT of prep work and they are
not very independent during class time, which means no down time for
teachers during the day (including recess).

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