"Oh and that parent-teacher thing they whine about? I went to mine, but they were always about how I could help the teacher, not about how we together could help the child."
Interesting. I have had parent/teacher conferences with teachers from public and private schools. In my experience, the public school teachers were too busy to actually have a conversation. I live in a school zone where all the parents go to the conferences. A lot of helicopter parents; always hovering around the school. The teachers seemed to be scrambling to keep up with all the parents and their children's "needs". According to most of these parents, their children have all kinds of special needs. At private school, it wasn't so bad. A little more organized and not as many students. The parents seem to be a little more hands off as well. Also, a lot more communication during the course of the regular schedule. I worked at a Title I school (my own Alma Mater) . Some parents came, but not many. Usually, the parents who came were the ones whose kids were doing fine so that didn't really need to come. I have never had a child at a Title I school so I can't address it from a parenting side. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:340540 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
