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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  &quot; I didn't see it&quot;.  [/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]

But let's be candid here:  a huge percentage of these masters degrees ^^  are distance learning degrees from online-only &quot;universities&quot;, or the Continuing Education wing of [not at all competitive] State U.   And they're completed in &lt; 13 months.  Whoop de Do.

Not saying some percentage of modern teachers aren't smart -- clearly, some are.  But I pay zero credence to this &quot;and public teachers must have a MASTERS!!&quot; boosterism.  Seriously, the stupidest person in my family is a teacher with a Masters.  The most incurious, anti-intellectual person in my family is a principal with a Masters.  She can make the ship run smoothly, but she's a drooling Creationist at Thanksgiving dinner. [/quote]

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