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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The negativity is a real issue. We are at a really good public school with smiling teachers, administrators, etc. and a high quality of teaching but the written communication that comes from the school is terrible. BUT it was really shocking to me how much of the text in our back to school packet dealt with do not do this and do not do that. [b]I thought the first rule of discipline and good teaching was to always be positive?[/b] Is it just that the teachers/administrators don't know how to write?

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I would guess it's more that they have lots and lots of experience of parents ignoring the rules.  So they want to make them clear and get it up front so there is no confusion, excuses like  " I didn't see it".  [/quote]

Private schools have parents and kids who don't follow rules too and I am sure that the process of getting them to follow the rules is more painstaking, but it gets done. Plus the polite, cheery behavior of the staff makes everyone feel that they also have to be polite. This is true for any business. But public school are not a business. I don't mind dealing with mean government employees who don't come in contact with my kids, but the ones who do (schools) should remember that they are setting the tone.[/quote]

Hmm. Why are staff at privates smiling and very friendly? So that parents will like the atmosphere, stay, and keep paying tuition.[/quote]

[b]Or they like working in a positive atmosphere free of government rules and regulations[/b], and that doesn't tell them they are shitty teachers if they can't take kids who have no discipline or support at home and turn them into ace test takers.[/quote]

Public's government regulations include mandatory master's degrees and teachers certifications.  Privates have no such requirement.  So many, many private school teachers couldn't teach in public.[/quote]

BFD.  Those highly educated people are also treated like shit by the school systems and saddled with impossible goals, and eventually become bitter and disillusioned.  My son's classroom teachers at his parochial school both have or are working towards Master's degrees AND they like where they work.  Two out of three teachers of his academic specials also have Master's degrees.  So they are happier, more positive and energetic in teaching my son, as opposed to the Master's educated/certified drone who "taught" my child in PK3 at a DC Charter and was a miserable and negative person who made all of us hate the school experience.  I couldn't blame her - I'd hate working in that environment every day, too, but it was toxic nonetheless.  So, the education level of the teachers doesn't tell the whole story.[/quote]

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