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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, I'm curious.  You say the teachers are better in your DC2's public classroom than in DC1's private classroom, but how do you define "better"? It seems from just your description that the DC1 teachers are doing a much better job than DC2 teachers. Can you please explain why you think DC2 teachers are better?

Note: I'm NOT trying to start a fight or criticize your viewpoint. I'm sure your assessment is correct.  And of course I gather from your post that you recognize how individualistic this all is -- in other words, the quality of teachers each of your children have is not necessarily indicative of all teachers in either public or private schools.  But I ask my question because I just don't see any indication in your post of why you rate your particular  public school teacher as better than the particular private school teacher, and in fact, your post seems to suggest the opposite.

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Objectively, I have entered the classrooms both formally and informally. The difference is HUGE. The public school teachers have a MUCH better grasp on what comes next, what the plan of the day should be. Even with the larger classes they know what is going on in the room, like eyes in the backs of their heads. They anticipate trouble and jump on it early. They have more fluid speech and sound more like they know exactly what they are talking about and exactly what they expect. More scripted (better curriculum?) and confident, less making it up as they go along. I KNOW that public school has rotten eggs, but I have not come across them. Private school teachers have been very nice, but some rare ones border on incompetent, and some can be described as unmotivated and sloppy, IMO. Maybe a tad bit too much creativity in their day. 
In the evaluations when I meet with them about my children, the private school teachers seem more unsure about what they think DC needs to do. They have a lot of vague positives, always. That might be because they don't want to sound too bossy or risk upsetting the parent, but someone has to be incharge. The public school teachers say this is what YOUR child needs to work on..., these are the weak areas..., these are the strengths..., don't worry about X, pay more attention to Y. [/quote]

Interesting. Thanks for your response. What you're saying doesn't match my own experience with either private or public teachers, but I suppose that's just further indication that each school (and maybe even each classroom) is different.[/quote]

I must point out that we are in one of the best schools in MCPS and the private school is a "feel good, everyone gets a trophy school" and DC does indeed feel good. So for those reasons might explain my position. [/quote]

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