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I've been subbing for the 7 years since I retired from my real job.
The only thing I taught before that was a few terms of advanced organic chemistry back in the 90s. Those were, obviously, adult grad students. I also did one or two terms of econometric analysis at a different school, in the late 90s.
Other than the addiction to the cellphone which is worse at the HS level, I think kids behave the way we did back in the 60s & 70s.
I'm more than a little disappointed in the pedagogy of math at the junior high level. The decision to eliminate things like memorizing multiplication tables & competitive things like T races have made math harder because the simple arithmetic stuff isn't a reflex action. What number times 6 is equals 24? You probably came up with 4 without thinking about it. I don't see that. Some kids can do it in their heads, but not reflexively.
But, on the behavior side, I see the same cross section of behavior & degrees of it since I was in school 50 to 60 years ago.
I don't consider myself a teacher, though. I'm just a helper that is good at explaining math to kids & I bring a unique perspective to the science classes since I spent so much time working in that field.
The good thing is, the helping is what I find satisfying.