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06.11.08, 10:23 AM NY Schools
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Agree or disagree: In public school, teachers believe they work for the Dept of Ed. In private, they behave like they work for you. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
NY Schools 06.11.08, 10:23 AM Flag

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lol, my dc's teacher does not in any way shape or form behave as if she works for me. It is HER classroom. She is all for teamwork, but she's the boss. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 10:24 AM Flag

only people with a child in each would be able to make a comparision. This is a very subjective question. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 10:24 AM Flag

No. And why would you want a teacher who thinks that they work for you? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 10:25 AM Flag

the 3 R's: respect, responsibility, results [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 10:26 AM Flag

OR (can't reply above): You forgot the fourth - ridiculous. All of those things can be done without a teacher feeling like your employee. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 10:28 AM Flag

heehee, you, I like. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 10:31 AM Flag

my dc's private school teachers are very loyal to the school, but they don't behave like they work for us. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 10:25 AM Flag

Disagree. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 10:27 AM Flag

They do work for the DOE, however, DOE is management and they are (mostly) union. Most I know believe they are professionals who get paid to teach children. I don't like it when teachers behave as if they work for the parents. A lot of parents are nutty and/or needy. Teacher is responsible for ALL the kids in class, not for hand-holding individual parents. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 10:35 AM Flag

ITA with you about the nutty parents. There's 1 mom in preschool class who is incredibly demanding and frankly, unreasonable in her expectations of the school. After a while, I just tune her out b/c there is no way anyone could ever satisfy her. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 10:38 AM Flag

ITTA. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 10:50 AM Flag

Private school parents are buying as consumers their child's education - and if only it were that easy. Just ask college admission people. Talent and genious is passed out evenly through all sectors, thank g-d. Kids in public school can SEE that. Public education is the foundation of our democracy because kids learn the democratic process because they are LIVING it. If their Mom comes in to talk to a teacher or the office, and some person that you might not normally associate with is line ahead, well you get in line. No one has more "value" than anyone else. There are no big donors. When they are in middle school and learn their civics, government, and American history, "we hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal" they can get it. I know it sounds corny, but that is what public education does for the character of a child in the first years. I'm lucky to live in a good ps district but even here parents line up to pay for private. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 10:49 AM Flag

also, parents and kids who think the teacher works for them are enormous nightmares for teachers. my mom is a professor and the sheer number of parents who thikn they have a "right"to certain grade for their child because they are paying for it is amazing. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 10:51 AM Flag

college? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 12:26 PM Flag

yes. but i have heard similar stories from friends that teach at private high schools. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 12:31 PM Flag

We all just want our kids to get into a good college though, and private schools seem to be pretty good at that. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 10:53 AM Flag

If my child wants to go to school, that's great. If they want to go to podunk u - that is great too. If they don't, fine. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 01:21 PM Flag

There are politics in public school which skew the whole we're all equal thing you're talking about. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 10:53 AM Flag

I think most of them work for the paycheck, private or public and I don't think one set is any more dedicated than the other [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 10:55 AM Flag

I think this sort of thinking--private school teachers are the parent's employees--is the sort of thinking private schools and their teachers hate. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 10:55 AM Flag

ITTA. The main difference is the entitled snobbish attitude of parents like OP. Fortunately havent run into people like OP at our public school OR our private. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 01:47 PM Flag

Private school teachers are NOT employees of the parents. They work with the school for the benefit of the children. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 12:25 PM Flag

More true for principals than for teachers who I believe are focused on the kids, usually. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 12:28 PM Flag