These conversations couldn't happen without trust, a virtue nearly universal in the mottoes or mission statements of private schools. Students aren't afraid to challenge a teacher's opinion, and teachers will hand back a paper when it doesn't reflect a child's best work. School traditions reinforce foundations of permanence and trust. Classrooms are safe places to practiced forgiveness. Teachers aren't ashamed to admit their mistakes.
Some lessons miss the mark.
Students recognize the modeling. They ask for a second chance and they get it. Presence requires occasional absence. Teachers in a private school need a life outside the school to bring their best into the classroom. Desire, not obligation, is the independent school teacher's motivation for staying after school for the orchestra performance or the basketball playoffs.