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Originally posted by DeltaBetaBaby
This is something that hasn't been considered yet:
Some teachers do not want their children to go to the school at which they teach. They don't want any personal issues/conflicts to interfere with their professional lives.
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There are negatives and positives to this. For me, the negative was one of my children had a kindergarten teacher that was new, did not seem to genuinely like children
, and was inequipped to deal with them. I am very stern, and she was a bit different. Her classroom was very unstructured and you could tell when you walked in it. Anyway, because I worked there, if my child had a behavior issue, she felt the need to pull me out of class several times a day. For talking, because his feelings were hurt and he cried. Mainly he was a talker (still is). My point is, I had dealt with him, would do "spot checks", but I felt it was more convenient for her to pull me rather than for her to actually be stern with him. It was very frustrating. It got to the point to where other teachers noticed and commented that she was making a mountain out of a molehill. When she began to see how apparent it was, she cut it out - and tried to ween me off of the "spot checks" but she'd already sent alarms ringing in my head, so I had to make sure he was in the best environment.
Now, the positive thing was that I could monitor my child very closely. Being on the inside, I was aware of which classrooms would do the best for him, and I could suggest certain teachers. That was a definate plus. If I still worked for the school system, I would't put my children in a private school for this very reason.
I no longer work in the system. I wanted to make a difference, especially after my child's initial experience and some of the crap that I've seen, but I couldn't afford it. I've said it b4 and I'll say it again - teachers are underpaid.
The school that I worked in b4 was an excellent school. The school that my kids are now in has made me loose faith in the public school system a bit. For instance - one particluar room didn't have a teacher for the entire quarter, then did not have a set teacher - they had rotating subs. All of the kids were graded for the quarter on one assignment and over 1/2 of them failed in that subject. One grade. And these are elementary school kids. And over 1/2 of them did not remember either be assigned the project, or said they turned it in, but with inconsistent amounts of teachers in the room, ...
... who would have reiterated this to them? Guess what classroom will be regraded and will do that project over? I'll try it one more year in a different school, but if things are not right, I will put them in a private school.