[ClaireSolt]

No, you have a couple of misconceptions. I have experience with them all. Private schools are better because they are acountable for providing a high quality education for each child. Public schools are wrapped up in a lot of excuses and play the class warfare game. Most teachers come from low socioeconomic backgrounds and take that out on the kids in the classroom.

In this respect, the best enviornment is actually the Catholic school which is rigorously egaliltarian based on the belief that each child is made in the image and likeness of God. Schoolwork is a form of worship. Christian schools may be the same. I don't know as they do not consider me qualified to teach there.LOL

[WHESS]

Well, I'm not sure about that-as I have 29 years teaching experience in public schools. The teachers that I work with do not come from low socioeconomic backgrounds or take anything out on the kids.
I teach in a conservative county in a conservative state-no unions. What I find to be most frustrating these days in the public arena is that my time is spent cutting through bureaucratic nonsense, filling out endless paperwork, writing the same information on 5 different forms that I'm not sure anyone even looks at or cares about instead of where it should be which is focused on student learning. Maybe this is end of the year steam letting-our last day was Friday-hooray!
You said that you taught at the college level? What do you do now?