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/^t/But what really makes these two types of school different is the relationship between the school and parents. In public schools parents are often an inevitable addition to pupils teachers have to cope with. Especially, when the parents expect the teachers to do some extra work to improve the results of teaching or change their attitude towards pupils. What is more, parents turn up in the school building only when their child gets either bad marks or his/her behaviour is unacceptable. If there are not any major problems with the offspring's general conduct, parents are supposed to collect their child's school report twice a year, at the end of each term. The contact between parents and school is usually formal and unpleasant to both sides.