[Pedantic_Lady]

The DISD stands for the Dallas Independent School District; they ARE public schools. Nobody said anything to me about joining a union when they offered me the job.

By the way, I disagree that you get a better education at private schools. We had some kids transfer in to my high school from private schools and god, were they ever stupid.

[cherry]

maybe they were kicked out of the private school for being stupid....

[JohnSmithee]

"By the way, I disagree that you get a better education at private schools. We had some kids transfer in to my high school from private schools and god, were they ever stupid."

I went to a private school my final year of high school. It was a mixture of the children of the rich, gifted students, or those being offloaded by their parents. It really was a superior place to get an education.

[valkyrieanne]

By the way, I disagree that you get a better education at private schools. We had some kids transfer in to my high school from private schools and god, were they ever stupid.

We have a lot of teachers with advanced degrees teaching in our district at the high school level, and they're generally very good. I don't see that private school education is necessarily better around here, either - certainly not for $6000 to $8000 a year per kid tuition.