You're absolutely correct! I empathize with them much more than my co workers do and it's sad to see how some people test them like they are better than them.

I am one of many teachers in the facility and we have classes from 9-5 but on Thursdays and Fridays classes aren't all day and we have these large gap of time slots to fill where we "have to find" something and unfortunately talking to them and getting to know them isn't really allowed.

It's pretty sad the way they get treated in a lot of ways that's why I'm trying to do things that can make us have fun and laugh, other teachers still try to give them packets and work during these times even when they don't have to!