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[quote=Anonymous]Actually, I'd love to see a thread about what parents can do to show their appreciation to teachers and work with them as partners.  Not trying to be a Pollyanna here -- we have 4 kids and have had our share of teachers who were burned out or barely competent, but, for the most part, my kids' teachers have been generous, good-natured, dedicated and resourceful.  Whenever people ask me how I like my kids' school, my response is not about the buildings or college exmissions or parent body (God, definitely not that), but about the teachers and the kids -- they're the heart and soul of the place.  One thing I'd love to know -- how do the teachers really feel about the faculty appreciation breakfasts?  I love to cook and always make something, but, honestly, I never know whether you'd all rather get Starbucks cards.

On one point, however, OP, I do have to take issue with you -- re your first complaint about parents who complain even as they plead their non-complainer bona fides.  That would be us.  As noted above, we have 4 kids, and last time I tried to count the teachers they've had, I stopped at 60 (the 2 oldest have graduated).  We've complained only 3 times, and on only one occasion did we preface our complaint with the disclaimer "We're not the type of parents who . . . "   Last year, though, one of our kids (in h.s.) had the most burned-out teacher I've ever seen.  The class was a complete waste of time and the kids were out of control -- even other teachers mentioned this to us!  We spoke to the teacher, then to our kid's advisor, and, finally, the dept.  chair -- by that point the teacher had announced retirement plans, but the subject is one I care about very much and I wanted to be sure the dep't chair was aware of the problems as the school went into the hiring process.  Believe me, we owned the issue . .  . lock, stock and barrel.  So, my point in noting that we haven't been complainers was not to ingratiate ourselves with the admin, but to convey how egregious this situation was.  [/quote]

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