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[quote=Anonymous]This is so school dependent. Our public didn’t have many truly mean or “bad” kids IMO, but we definitely had our share of hearing that Jimmy punched or tackled DS or that Kyle made fun of DS’ Asian lunch, or that the 2nd grade class couldn’t learn anything during reading because Sammy and Peter kept opening their iPads. Volunteering in the classroom, kids could be mouthy and sassy to the teacher.

DS is in private now and the kids are very well behaved and polite to adults, but not necessarily kind. An example is that at the class party, a parent said prizes were available and a cluster or 3 or 4 girls absolutely mobbed the bags and most of the girls got 3-4 prizes while quieter kids like my DS or goofy boys who didn’t pay attention got zero. I don’t know what I would call that. Greed? Entitlement? But there’s no name calling, teasing, or unwanted physical contact at all. Nobody comments, negative or positive, on other kids punches, clothes, shoes, and so on whereas in public a lot of kids seemed way more focused on that. When DS was sick and we went to pick up make up work, lots of kids (even girls) said hi and asked where he was.

I have absolutely noticed a corresponding difference in the parents. The parents at the private seem a lot stricter and I’ve definitely heard a few kids being told off the parking lot by their parents whereas at public the parents were more lax and focused on socializing with each other rather than disciplining their kids. [/quote]

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