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Originally posted by Wonderful1908
I am a public school teacher who teaches in a school for children who have been retained due to discipline problems, and/or sometimes someone simply did not take the time with these students and this is where they end up. I did my student teaching at a private/public school so I have seen both sides of the fence. As teachers we often complain about a lack of resources, parental involvement, low pay, etc.
At the school I am at now I wold LOVE to complain about some of the "problems" I thought I had at the pivate school I did student teaching at. Oh my gosh! I had to sometimes chase parents away with a bat at the private school, and now I can't even get a parent to call me back. We don't even have a copy machine for teachers at my school now.
The point is my four year old will be in kindergarten in the fall and I have applied for admission to two private schools. I am an employee and an educator who does value and believe in my school systems "potential", but more importantly I am a parent and I do not have the time or luxury nor will I use my child as practice while I am waiting for public schools to catch up to their potential.
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I totally agree with you Wonderful1908,
Although I am not quite a teacher I did begin my first semester of student teaching at our University lab school. The parents are extremely active in the classrooms and many parents stay 30 min. to an hour after dropping their children off EVERY morning to help their children transition into the day and assist with morning activities. As unfortunate as it is you will not fin d this kind of participation in 99.9% of public schools. The children have many more opportunites for growth than children at local public schools. If a teacher puts their child in a private school while teaching at a public school it may just mean the teacher wants the absolute best opportunites for their child. If they can afford it I say go for it.