Public schools verses Private Schools

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LadyEmeraude

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What would you chose if you were attending school again as a younger student?

Pros and Cons of both...
 

In my school days, I attended all Public Schools, although In my junior
high school years, I'd wanted to attend a Private School, but my parents
could not afford it.
 
I did 9 years public and 3 years private. As for teaching differences, because the 3 years were at a military academy, not having homework completed was a serious offense. That was the only difference. We had special rules of decorum that had to be obeyed. The teachers were non military, except for our physical education teacher. He was Army.
 

Public school in the UK means something quite different. Public schools are long established, exclusive and very expensive eg Gordonstoun school that King Charles attended.
For us mere mortals, You have the choice of 'State' or 'Private' schools. In general it's believed that private (fee paying) schools provide a better standard of education for those who can afford it, or are lucky enough to receive sponsorship.
 
I went to both public schools and a private[parochial] school. Discipline was different, in the parochial school the teachers could(and would) hit you with a leather belt for rules violations, sometimes unfairly. Public schools used a paddle, but they made sure to use it on those that deserved it.
 
I went to a Private Girl's school from kinder all the way to university.

I chose public school for my children as I wanted them to have more freedom.
Jamie my eldest chose public school for his girls, whereas Tara chose private school for her four children.
 
I taught in a private school and was not impressed. It was brat central, and nothing about it was superior to public schools (except smaller class sizes).

When I expressed my woes to the vice principal (who had previously worked in the public system), he sympathized, saying, "That's how rich kids are."

My husband's relatives' children went to private schools, including the one I taught at. One day he announced that our daughter would go to that school. I said, "No way!"
 
Growing up in a small rural town all that was available was a public school, unless you wanted to board your children at a private school elsewhere. I don't know anyone who did that. My mother taught for the school district I attended, but did not teach me.

I think public schools were good in those days except for segregation. When we integrated I was in high school. We did not have one single problem that I was aware of. It gave us the chance to get to know each other, taught us to be accepting of all and gave us all a chance at an equal education.

I have grave concerns about some of the people I see now "home schooling" which I guess might be considered a "private" school.
 
I went to parochial school for the first eight years and public for the last four. There was more discipline in parochial (nuns) so you had to buckle down. Public High School there was almost none so you could be a goof off if you liked, but if you overdid it, it was off to the Principal who did not fool around. Kindergarten was public, but a sandbox is a sandbox everywhere.
 
LadyEmeraude said:
In my school days, I attended all Public Schools, although In my junior
high school years, I'd wanted to attend a Private School, but my parents
could not afford it.
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My mother remarried when I was 10 years old. My stepdad was a decent man and he wanted children of his own so I was packed off to boarding school so that he and my mother could procreate 4 children undisturbed. Boarding school was a bad place where the law of the jungle was the rule and I don't recommend it to anyone.
 
I went to a very good public high school. I didn't take advantage of the all the things that were offered, but that was my fault. I would go to public school again but this time I would work harder and use the resources provided.

Here's the thing: At a private school, there are mechanisms designed to pull average kids along and get them into a "respectable" college. That's not what public schools do. But smart, motivated kids at public schools (I believe) often outperform similar kids at private schools.
 
Verisure said:
My mother remarried when I was 10 years old. My stepdad was a decent man and he wanted children of his own so I was packed off to boarding school so that he and my mother could procreate 4 children undisturbed. Boarding school was a bad place where the law of the jungle was the rule and I don't recommend it to anyone.
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My mother went to boarding school.

I was her oldest child. One day she took me aside and said, "If anything happens to your father and me, and you go to live with someone else, don't let them send you or your siblings to boarding school."

No other concerns, just that one thing.
 
Pepper said:
In the U.S. if one lives in a crap state or poor neighborhood the public schools reflect that.
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If you ask anyone who works in a bad public school what the biggest problem is, they will tell you it is the chaotic state of the kids' home lives. That's hard to fix with money. The District of Columbia has awful public schools yet spent $23,800 per pupil last year, second highest in the nation.
 
JimBob1952 said:
If you ask anyone who works in a bad public school what the biggest problem is, they will tell you it is the chaotic state of the kids' home lives. That's hard to fix with money. The District of Columbia has awful public schools yet spent $23,800 per pupil last year, second highest in the nation.
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and the state with the highest is New York.. which does have some excellent public schools.
 
JaniceM said:
and the state with the highest is New York.. which does have some excellent public schools.
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Yes, and some truly horrible ones. You can't compare Scarsdale with the Bronx. My point is that spending per pupil has grown a lot, even after inflation, while education by almost any measure has gotten worse and worse. So money per se is not the problem.
 
NorthernLight said:
My mother went to boarding school.

I was her oldest child. One day she took me aside and said, "If anything happens to your father and me, and you go to live with someone else, don't let them send you or your siblings to boarding school."

No other concerns, just that one thing.
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I don't use the term "wow!" very often but I think it applies right now.
 
I was sent to a private school, 4th-6th grade. Because I was getting so bullied in public school due to something my mother did at the school. I was bullied at the private school also. Of course my mother and stepfather never made the connection to the abuse because in their minds, it never happened. School was a nightmare no matter the place.
 
Growing up, I attended public schools and really had no problems at all. I graduated high school in 1986. My son also attended public schools all of his life and came through it with zero issues.
 
Nathan said:
I went to both public schools and a private[parochial] school. Discipline was different, in the parochial school the teachers could(and would) hit you with a leather belt for rules violations, sometimes unfairly. Public schools used a paddle, but they made sure to use it on those that deserved it.
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Ditto, which is why I fought tooth and claw to go to public middle and high schools. Parochial schools in my day had almost no extra curricular activities which can be a plus for so many students. I just hated being hit and verbally abused for nothing when I was like six! It instills fear and self loathing in kids so small but the nuns dished it out on a daily basis, so if you were not a target on a particular day, maybe your friend was. Watching violence is just as hurtful. šŸ˜„
 

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