Reply to How is your average student doing in private school?

Forum Index » Private & Independent Schools

Reply to "How is your average student doing in private school?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So in terms of the interviews and applications (to a non-Big 3), how would I spin this?  "My kid is completely average and is going to require some handholding and may be a bit slow, but is really sweet, so he would be a great addition to this school that you're trying to sell as academically rigorous?"  What's the edu-speak on this...  do I need to lead with my wallet here?[/quote]

When I went to the interview I said just that. He is learning to hate to learn and I am afraid I will lose him to lecture and angry teachers.

I have a friend that said close to the same.

Depending on the school that is the student they love, one that teachers can feel they had a kid that was inspired by their class where the other environment could not do that.[/quote]

They love to hear that you want him to enjoy learning, not do a lot of testing, all the extras, yadda yadda because you are telling them what they think are their strengths. The stuff about angry teachers not so much, because they have been around enough to know that this isn't the case for most public school teachers and you need to seem genuine here.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics