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No offense, but I thought it was understood that children are universally gross. Think how we were at that age. Kids just aren't concerned with that sort of thing.
To answer your question, though, a much bigger issue to me is school district politics. Between the administrators and the actual politicians on the school board, everybody has an agenda. Not an educational agenda, but a personal one. This certainly doesn't apply to all, but far too many of them are more interested in asserting their power than teaching kids. Even one or two like that can ruin the work environment. Navigating the pettiness is a skill that most of us learn on the job.
I was a 10-year-old boy once, albeit several centuries ago. I can promise you, we were horrible. The good news is it built up my immune system.
Man they love to eat stuff off the floor, put anything they see in their mouth, play with boogers, I've had some eat the gum from under desks, eat their boogers, eat paper, eat glue... BLUGH!!! 🤮
How much some parents just don’t care. We have parent/teacher conferences and I’ve sat there for two hours without a single parent turning up. It’s disheartening not only for me but to think they care so little about their kids education. And fifth graders are germ factories, only beat out by 3 year olds lol. I taught preschool for a bit and it was like the scene in Kindergarten Cop where Arnold’s eyes bug out of his head