No, sir, my definition of excellent is excellent. Like National Merit excellent, OK? Like top-of-the-class multiple scholarship excellent. Like nearing six figures upon college graduation excellent.
I could not have taught the tough curricula my kids took in high school, but they had excellent teachers who could and did, with my support all they way.
And I honor them for it.
There are terrible teachers and there are terrible schools, and there are terrible doctors and great ones, and terrible lawyers and great ones, etc. etc. It’s a mistake to use a broad brush to tar and feather the good with the bad, and that’s what many on this board want to do.
Then it would seem your definition of excellent and mine are pretty similar. Good for you and for your kids! I’m glad to hear something positive coming from public education. My niece (also public school educated) informed me recently that when she took the ACT, about half of the students didn’t know how to sign their names in cursive. So to hear a success story is refreshing. I’m guessing there was good support at your home, which can make a great deal of difference. I think most parents are completely tuned out to what goes on at school, and the school issues are far more complicated than just bad teachers. Red tape, political correctness, overwhelmed faculty, absent parents, illegal immigrants straining the system, and, yes, radical teachers imposing an agenda all contribute to a system that needs some serious help.