[tokenadult]

How did I indicate arrogance in the grandparent comment? Do I get the choice or whether or not to use your services as a teacher, or must I be assigned and compelled to use your services? If I have but one choice of a teacher, you can be sure that I will question the teacher early and often about how the teacher is designing the class and evaluating the students. That's the right thing to do to make sure that my children are getting a good education.

One of the neglected benefits of school choice for teachers is that parents who don't see eye-to-eye with a teacher, perhaps because of background the parents have gained in their own educations, can simply take their business elsewhere. Meanwhile, parents who are at liberty to shop for the best match for their children are all the more likely to appreciate the thoughtful work of the teachers who fit their children best.

[lutorm]

Arrogance was indicated by the tone implying that you knew best... Of course taking an interest in your child's education is good, noone would argue otherwise. But second-guessing the teacher is another matter.

Of course there are bad teachers, just like in any other profession. But I'd like to think that I'm not one, and on the off-chance that you'd have a kid on those rare occasions when I teach something, I'd hope that your presumption is that I'm a competent individual, unless confronted with evidence to the contrary. (And your child scoring low on a test is not.)