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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All those years DCUM parents ranted about one thing or another, always ending in, "If the teachers don't like it, they can go do something else!"

Now they have, and those control freak parents have no answer.  I haven't heard about any privates raising pay enough to make a difference. The well-paid administrators just keep doing the same old.

I left privates during COVID and moved to a DC charter for much better pay (still barely enough to live on, but that's not an issue for me) and sterling management that still surprises me every day for their genuine commitment to education over money and status.

The chickens have come home to roost.  This was a very long time in the making.[/quote]

It’s a class issue- many parents, esp at expensive privates, see teachers basically the same as fast-food workers and grocery cashiers and get INCREDIBLY bothered when folks stand up for themselves. Many of these parents will claim to want well-educated, experienced teachers but what they really want is someone to sit down and shut up and be happy to babysit their kids. [/quote]

My kid goes to one of the expensive privates.  I’m UMC and am not like this, thank goodness l don’t get the feeling from the teachers that they think the way you do, they seem to love their jobs.  I can tell you his previous public school teacher didn’t know him half as well as his private school teachers and was crazy burnt out during COVID 2020-2021, she cried in our last PTC before we left - so did l we were all so overwhelmed.  It wasn’t confrontational, more like just letting it all out for both of us.  I felt so bad for her.  The ratios are so much better at the private school.  He’s doing much better academically which has in turn helped him socially and emotionally.  [/quote]

Both are true. Teachers love the smaller classes and the ability to get to know their students and it can be a really positive experience. Some parents treat the teacher like absolute crap, and if their child is struggling either academically or behaviorally believe that it can’t be anything other than the teacher’s fault- their child is perfect and brilliant- and get really nasty. These parents want their children to have excellent, experienced teachers but then when the teacher tells them something they don’t want to hear, they dismiss the teacher’s expertise and act like the teacher is incompetent, has it in for their child or both. Dealing with these folks is exhausting and takes a toll. [/quote]

That does sound exhausting, sorry.  I’m one of the people who have accepted my child isn’t brilliant, but he’s a great kid in his own way and will be fine.  [/quote]

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