Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Progressive Schooling Date:   2/12/2018 9:34:59 AM

We shared this video with a friend of ours who had lost her job...ahem...excuse me.....did not get her contract renewed at a prestigious private school because she had the temerity to give the daughter of a very wealthy family a B in science.  For her this one hit way too close to home.  She now teaches at a large, very highly rated public school in Cobb County, GA and she said the public school parents are no better.

I once had a teacher at our kids school compliment me on how respectful and obedient our kids were.  I told him that the reason was simple.  We have told our kids from the beginning that even when the teacher was wrong they were right, and we were always going to defer to them.  When they objected that it wasn't fair I had my second pat answer.  Life isn't fair, life was never meant to be fair and life will never be fair.....deal with it!  You think in the business world you can get your Mom or Dad to stick up for you when your boss is being unfair?  Bad news but you got the wrong parents because that is never going to happen.  So when they got dinged for something that they didn't like they never brought it to our attention.  And if they got a lower grade than they thought they deserved they just tried harder.