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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For all the private school teachers who have posted here, have you also taught in a high performing public in an affluent area?  I am just curious if you are basing your opinions about public schools on perception or experience.  [/quote]

Yes.  When I taught public I had between 115-125 students a year.  This year I have 65 students in private.

And as a PP noted, there's a lot of BS hoop-jumping in public that you don't get in private.

And even in wealthy districts, getting funded for anything is damn near impossible.  I rarely went to conferences because even if I could get the release time (I had 1 "professional development day" a year, but that didn't mean it would actually be approved) I could rarely get it funded, so I would have to pay out of pocket if I wanted to go.  At my current (private) school, I've never been turned down for a local conference, ever.  I did one out of state once that required a flight/hotel and that was partially funded.

I'm not saying teaching in public was terrible; it wasn't.  The cultures are very different.  Private has been a better fit for me, personally.[/quote]

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