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The point with parochial schools (and many other Catholic privates), is that [b]many of the teachers are there because they want to be[/b]...not because the benefits or the pay is good.  Many of these teachers are committed to Catholic education, consider it to be more of a vocation vs a job, and have a passion for teaching our children.  That is not to say public school teachers are not passionate, it is just a conviction that I see coming from them that I have not witnessed in a public school.[/quote]

I assume that the teachers in MCPS are also there because they want to be there. Otherwise they wouldn't be there.

Also, I don't think that wanting to get paid for one's work is a sign of lesser commitment.[/quote]

Clearly, you have missed my point. But I guess that is to be expected if you have never been involved in Catholic education.[/quote]

I'd be surprised if all those Catholic educators thought they'd be teaching a class of lily white snowflakes.  My involvement with Catholic education has included a deep and abiding commitment to bringing education to everyone, but especially the poor and underserved.  However, with a handful of exceptions (St. Jerome, St. Francis) that doesn't seem to be the mission of parochial schools in this area.[/quote]

At least in my aunt's case, she loved teaching in a Catholic school, but was naive about the lack of decent retirement benefits.  She did not have any inheritance to count on (as some private school teachers may have.)  So now she's living on a very modest income in her mid-70s.  I think she regrets that she didn't go to a public school district, where she could now have a decent retirement.[/quote]

But she loved teaching where she was.  Only the money-hungry teachers stay in public and it isn't for the love of teaching.   Who wants to teach kids who can't speak English, barely show up to class, do standardized testing half the year and strict curriculum you must follow?  Never mind the 30+ kids in a room made for 20-25.  I am happy with teachers in my Catholic school.  They are fresh, like having a little more autonomy and confidence.  Are eating away hours at mindless meetings.   Maybe your aunt isn't rich but she led a happy lifetime in a teaching position she wanted to be in.  [/quote]

I doubt that the fact that she loved teaching means much to her as she cracks open a can of cat food for dinner now.

Teachers need to be paid for their work just as any other professionals do.  That doesn't make them money hungry, it makes them workers.

Your description of a public school classroom bears no resemblancem to any I have seen.[/quote]

Whoa, you haven't seen a public classroom with 30 kids, at least a handful that can't speak English,  standardized testing and weeks of prepping for standardized testing, and 2.0 curriculum they must teach?  You aren't from MCPS then.  [/quote]

I think the above line is the MCPS motto.  No English, No Desk, No Independent Teaching - No problem!![/quote]

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