action to remove it now. reporter: in some states parents groups have criticized schools over masking and equity criteria and are angry about s.e.l. and call it a distraction or even indoctrination. what is your response to people who say this isn t real school. school should be books and time tables and phonics? why are we talking about feelings? well, i think talking about feelings is a great place to start but we have to teach people how to interact with each other. i think we really are arming them with life skills to be successful and talk about what we re going through right now. we have to be ready to learn. reporter: was it hard to be online for so long? yes, i hated it. reporter: 8th grade teacher amanda winters sees what middle schoolers are going through up close. these girls were in sixth grade when last in school. our sixth graders were in fourth grade when last in school.
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sel, and it can be controversial. stop teaching sel and badgering high school and take emergency action to remove it now. reporter: in some states, parents criticize districts over masking and equity curricula are also angry about sel. they call it a distraction from academics or even indoctrination. what is your response to people who say this isn t real school, school should be books and times tables and, you know, phonics. why am i going to talk about my feelings? well i think talking about feelless is a great place to start but we have to teach people thou to interact with each other. i think we are arming them with hive skills to be successful and to talk about what we are going through right now because we have to be ready to learn. was it hard to be online so long? yes, i hated it. i failed my classes. like i failed my 6th grade year. 8th grade teacher amanda winters sees what middle schoolers are going through up close. these girls were in 6th grade when they we
before this year. our 6th graders were in 4th grade when they were last in school. um, and so, meeting the the bar that is kind of expected of a 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, whatever grader, they are being asked to meet that behavioral and developmental bar and that academic bar and they miss both of them so it is hard to meet the academic one, when you are still trying to figure out how do i stop being a 4th grader? it s 1:45 p.m. on a thursday. hi. hi. i m evan. cnn, nice to see you. how are you? so what usually goes on in this room? so i teach language arts and evening language development but we also do advisory. today, we are going to do some gratitude and some goal setting for academics but we are also going do mindfulness. we are one of the only schools that has somebody that does yoga and plans mindfulness for us. we are going to do some breathing, and then we will do little meditation or