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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actually, I never said the teachers were sub par.  Someone else may have. I  posted 11:13.  You seem to think there is only one poster.  That is incorrect.  I am responding to the yawn poster.  This was a thread intentionally asking for comments on teacher quality.  If that does not interest you do not read it.

I believe your experience to be true.  You believe that the people who complain about teacher quality are delusional.  That is not my experience.  The people I know who complain about teacher quality variability (sometimes teachers themselves) are not delusional about their children.

They are often familiar with many teachers and have witnessed the difference an exceptional teacher can make.

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We can all agree that not every professional in any field, including teaching, is "exceptional."  We can all agree that exceptional teachers make a huge difference.  We can also all agree that no private school or public school or university in this country has all "exceptional" teachers (Harvard/Yale/Princeton) may have great scholars but some are clunkers as "teachers."

This thread, however, and other recent Norwood threads, appear to be pushing a narrative that Norwood teachers are below average, at a minimum.  I don't know if this is one poster, a few disgruntled families, or an attempt by an applicant's parent to manipulate the yield by trying to run down Norwood (like those on internet chat rooms trying to drive down a company's stock price so it can be acquired cheaply).  (I'd hate to think the parent body is widely populated by carping, entitled second-guessers.)  But there's a very unpleasant tone to all of this.  The teachers work hard, they are good people, and they deserve more respect than being trashed, even if on a collective basis, by people hiding behind the anonymity of an internet forum.[/quote]

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