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Part of what you are experiencing is that teacher bashing is very in style right now. Society has decided it can blame teachers for every ill, and it's become something of a parlor game for parents. Even Obama has gotten in on the act.

Public schools have a responsibility to be all things to all people. Teachers have a responsibility to serve every student. But this is not really what parents want. What parents really want is for schools and teachers to favor THEIR children. So this tension--between what the school/teacher must do and what individual families want-- is there from the very beginning. If parents don't think their snowflakes are being favored, they will have complaints, even if teachers and schools are doing a magnificent job of serving its community.

Remember that the public schools in this area, particularly FCPS and MCPS, are among the finest in the nation. Public school teachers in this area are highly trained, and teaching jobs here are intensely competitive. Nonetheless, there will always be whiners. [/quote]

This is very true.[/quote]

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