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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You delude yourselves, folks.  Your child leaves and another one takes his/her place.  Your children are just cogs in the wheel.  Occasionally, a special bond might form, but for the most part, everyone is just passing through and will not be missed when they are gone.[/quote]

I think you need to distinguish between The School as an institution and the human beings who make up the faculty and administration at a given school. Of course "the school" doesn't "care" deeply about a particular child (unless the child either brings great glory to the school or great trouble), but this is because institutions don't have feelings... mmm hmmm. But humans have feelings, and institutions can have climates that do or don't encourage and enable teachers and staff to take a genuine interest in the children.[/quote]

ITA with this.  I've got two close relatives who are teachers -- at schools far away from here -- and they both will talk lots about how much they care for many current and former students.  When we travel around town, we almost always run into at least one former student, and my relatives will talk about what that student was like many years earlier.  For better or worse, these teachers are with your children for at least 7-8 hours per day for 9 months, and then have ongoing contact for multiple years.  In fact, I'd be disappointed in teachers who don't form some bonds with most kids! [/quote]

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