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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Do the teachers here think all privates are like this, or only some?  Maybe I’m deluded[/b], but as a parent, at our school (K-8) I see a lot of appreciation and respect for our teachers. We have some terrific teachers who know our kid and have worked with their strengths and weaknesses. I’m tremendously grateful for them and have told them so. I don’t see an adversarial relationship between teachers and parents, but of course I don’t see everything. [/quote]

1.  Yes, I think all privates in the DC area pay far less than public, with limited benefits and no job security.  100% yes.  That's so great that you don't see any dissatisfaction in your school.  One of the expectations teachers are expected to fulfill in exchange for their paltry salary is that they appear enthusiastic and demonstrate their gratefulness and love for the job.  When I was a young teacher at a private, I truly believed I was in a great situation and that working in public would mean horrific conditions.  I was naive and looking back, I see I was exploited.  You would NEVER think these working conditions are OK if it were your own child in the future.  Why is it OK top treat another person this way, just because they accept it and because you can?

I stand by my assertion that [b]most private school parents do look down on teachers for accepting this kind of job/conditions,[/b] and that's why they think it is OK.

2.  Yes, you are deluded.  Very deluded.[/quote]

I agree with most of what you said, except the bolded. I’ve worked in both publics and privates, and it’s generally the same kind of entitled parent who looks down on teachers, both public and private. It has nothing to do with parents respecting public school teachers more than private school teachers. If anything, most private school families understand that most private school teachers understand their content more than their public school counterparts, and have more control over their curriculum. On balance, private school teachers tend to be more… um, polished? At least historically, that has been the case. I have no idea whether Covid may have further shifted the teaching demographic. [/quote]

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