To XKhanx:
Fair enough; my only understanding of your relationship with your teachers is through the stories you tell on these boards (or at least did a few years ago). I will grant you that things may be different than what they appear here on your end, if you will grant me that it's true there are parents that believe their child is an angel when in reality they are not.
I mean, come on-- even a "good" kid like me snuck out when I wasn't supposed to and never got caught. I certainly lied my way out of things a few times in school.
And "horror stories about how bad parents are" are simply more interesting than me telling you about the time the parent was understanding. It's just like the news, really; who would want to read about the time a kid's parents gave me a note telling me I was doing a good job? Boring.
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I particularly like how conceited you are thinking I was implying that YOU personally suck as a teacher when I was doing nothing more than stating my pleasure about my son only having 11 more days left in a shitty public school system that doesn't teach anything other than how to pass the I-Step.
Of course I was angry when you posted what you did. Your previous post was NOT clearly an indictment of your specific school program, but instead sounded very much like an indictment of all public schools in favor of private schools.
Here, I'll remind you what you said, and in response to MY post about MY school and MY situation:
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As opposed to Mom believing everything YOU say?
It's a pity parents actually listen to their children and take up for them isn't it. GO-GO public school where the parents are the enemy if they don't bow down to the almighty teacher!
11 more days until my son is out of public school forever. Thank god for private schools where the teachers are actually held accountable to the PAYING parents.
Seems pretty pointed at me, if you ask me. Don't backpedal now. We all know you don't like me much :p
I wouldn't be surprised if I (and other teachers) get defensive about a job that we love. Yes, I'm going to brag about my classroom situation often. Why? Because all I hear from people all around me is how public schools are pieces of shit. For some, it's shit because we always "teach to the test." For others it's because "prayer has been taken out of schools." For others, it's "teachers don't care and can't be fired because of the damn unions!" For still others, "teachers can't discipline their students because they can't spank, so school is chaos!"
None of these are necessarily true in any given school district. I'm tired of people characterizing my place of work, a place I love, and a place full of people doing everything they can to provide the best education they can, as a place that full of degenerates who don't care. My students care. I care. We work. We will continue to work. Don't tell me it's not working, becuase in some places, it definately IS. People need to hear the other side of the story more often.
I remember the private high school I graduated from. They used to brag that 100% of their students go to college, and I used to be impressed by that. Now I realize that there's more to the story. As Leo said, public schools take *everyone,* no matter what the quality of their parents or home life, or even their general intelligence. Public schools work with everyone, period. Private schools like the one I attended certainly do not. Students must be able to pay the $8,000 a year to go, something that automatically statistically weeds out many of the underperforming students. Then, if students get into trouble, private schools can simply tell them, "you can't go here any more." Thinking about these two facts, it's easier to see the complex factors that go into that 100% college attendance rate.