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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd also prefer that a lawyer I know not tell me he is in it for the money and because he likes to fight and doesn't care what is right or wrong but only cares about who can win.

This is a stupid thread.

Teachers are members of one of the least appreciated of workers. Go ahead. Google it. Teachers are also most under fire from reformers, parents, reporters, basically anyone who went to school and think they know anything about teaching because they once sat in a classroom.

But, hey, since you thought enough to complain about the reasons your child's teacher gave, let's break it down.

"The class sizes are smaller, making work easier. 
Less test pressure, making it easier. 
Better behaved children, easier to work with. 
Children who have been tested and are above average, making it easier to teach. "

Smaller class size has been associated again and again with more effective learning and more enthusiasm for learning. Go ahead, Google it. If a teacher wants to teach, and to see his/her students reach their fullest potential, they will want the best conditions for that to happen.

Less test pressure. High stakes standardized tests demand a drill and kill approach to address. Teachers are forced to succumb to this demand because teacher evaluation systems depend on those test results. Good teachers care about learning, not drilling. A teacher who would choose a private for less pressure is telling you, no, screaming to you, that she wants to teach in a creative, effective manner.

Better behaved children. Ok, this one makes me uncomfortable. I want a teacher who can make good learning happen no matter what baggage the student brings in. I also want a good teacher to get to the source of bad behavior and to turn it around to create students who are good citizens.[b] Is that the teacher's responsibility? No, but when parents send their badly behaved children to school, a good teacher rises to the challenge of trying to repair the damage inadequate parenting has done.[/b]

Children who have been tested and are above average, making it easier to teach. This one is hard to believe. I know dozens of teachers, and not a single one has ever said this. So I think this is a BS response. Yet, let's go with it. You like to work with engaged, invested, talented people in your job, right? Teachers do too. That said, I don't respect a teacher who only wants to work with such a population. While they may allow a flexible teaching environment, so does the class full of students from every walk of life, facing all sorts of challenges.

But, really, OP, the reason your thread is stupid is because it is a very thinly veiled attempt to paint teachers as lazy. They aren't.
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Amen! Thank you for this response!

Signed,
A public school teacher[/quote]

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