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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The contempt expressed on this thread by teachers for parents and their students does not surprise me at all. We are leaving our private after 7(!) years because ever since Covid, every year has been an experience of enduring a teacher who seems annoyed that they have to teach students. As the mom of a quiet, self-contained kid who just wants to get though their day, it’s hard to get them home every day and hear stories about teachers sniping at each other in the halls, badmouthing administrators, giving each other the silent treatment, or spilling the personal business of kids to the rest of the class when kids aren’t in school that day. I’m sure it sucks for teachers who are doing a genuinely good job and feel devotion to their work, but for everyone else: don’t go into teaching if you resent children or their parents. Working with them is literally your job.

It reminds me of what a friend in medicine said about pediatrics, which is that people shouldn’t pursue it because they like kids, because the bulk of the job requires working with parents. Same for teaching: if you don’t want to interact with other adults or parents, maybe public school or community college teaching is a better answer.

[b]Also, plenty of parents here are getting their kids to school and rushing to distant jobs. The idea that it’s ok to arrive at the same time as students for that reason is silly. Hire a nanny, find a carpool, or have a partner take a more flexible job like the rest of us.[/quote][/b]

Hear that, teachers?  Y'all need to hire nannies.  [/quote]

[b]That entire post is ridiculous and tone-deaf.[/b][/quote]

I like the part where she advises the teachers to have their partner take a more flexible job "like the rest of us." 
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Yes, my teacher DH. I’ll let him know he should find a school with more convenient hours.

And I love being told that it is literally my job to put up with disrespectful, rude people. (Um… it’s not.)
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DP. I am a private school parent and am hugely grateful for our school's teachers. The teaching quality is really strong and my daughter feels that her teachers care.

We obviously have a lot of serious cultural problems in our country right now and schools are absorbing those.

I actually think that better transparency about school financials to parents would be helpful. I don't think that most are aware that the discrepancy in salaries is so significant with local publics. Most privates fundraise for general funds but after reading this I think a better approach would be a capital campaign to give our teachers raises and create an endowment to ensure we hold onto to these lovely people as long as possible!

And for the teachers out there: thank you for doing what you are doing. I don't know how our education system became so broken, but your efforts are supporting children in spite of our adult-driven failures. Kids need as many good guys in their lives as possible.
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