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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the smug private school parents out there:

I'm a private school teacher. I get why you need to justify your choice to spend 25K+/year on each child's education. I frankly think it's worth it.

But you don't need to justify your choice by putting down MCPS teachers. They are not lazy or unskilled. From what I have seen, they work a lot harder than most of us private school teachers. They have to deal with a lot more bureaucratic crap and often twice as many students.

The private school setting allows me to teach to the best of my ability because for the most part I am able to prioritize classroom instruction, individual attention to student needs, extensive feedback to students and communication with parents/counselors. That's why you spend 25K+ for your child. Not because MCPS teachers are worse than us.[/quote]

Not the private school parent but having one in both, I agree. We love our private, the teachers and love that work is given. The teachers upload virtual classrooms, send you tube videos from home teaching the kids, give and grade assignments, are available anytime via email and my 9th grader has thrived in a great environment.  But it is because the ratios are so much lower, their isn't common core curriculum and the teachers have so much autonomy. I could never be a teacher with 30+ kids in a class teaching a cookie cutter curriculum to all of them. I see my youngest struggling enjoy school in public with 26 kids in her 2nd grade class. I have spoken to the teacher twice all year. My daughter in private has 12-16 kids per class. It is so much easier to be a more personal level with your students in private. [b]That all said, there is no reason a MCPS teacher can not email a parent back. The posts by teachers saying they deserve this family time after just being off for 10+ days for a winter break is disheartening. It takes 5-10 minutes to respond to a parent yet you are posting here on DCUM instead - saying you deserve time with family.  I think you picked the wrong career and I hope your attitude is the minorit of MCPS teachers. [/b][/quote] PP you're quoting. I agree about the email response. The only reason I might understand a delay is if the teacher was unsure about how to reply and was waiting for feedback from a supervisor. Still, 10 days or whatever is far too long.[/quote]

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