What public doesn’t teach

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Depends where you are. No private school is touching Stuyvesant, Bronx Science or Brooklyn Tech in NYC. There are plenty of great public schools that leave most privates in the dust. I say that as a private school parent.

I will say that these kids often suffer in writing and other areas because many of them have spent years prepping for one test to get into these highly selective high schools and that’s what they know.

Those schools are every kid for themselves. Horrible facilities, too.

It’s funny to bring up facilities, when one of DC’s “Big” privates has a well-known ray problem and water infiltration/ceiling leaks.

Do you mean a rat problem. Which school?

The one whose posts get deleted all the time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is so funny. People get so worked up over defending their choices.

It’s unfair for parents whose kids have only gone to public schools as they really have nothing to compare to. I guess it’s similar for those only attending private, but that is less common.

My feeling having had multiple experiences at public and private (independent privates) is that private really is better on so many levels.

If your definition of ‘better’ is that your child is taking AP multivariable calculus in 10th grade (a skill that AI does and is really not going to be important for humans in the near future) then I guess public is the superior option.

You could say that about every subject & class. I majored in English in college. I only use basic math in my daily life. Yet, I am glad I took Calculus in high school, because it exercised my brain and improved my problem solving skills.

And you can count yourself among those getting worked up & defending your choices.

+1 higher level math is about higher level complex, critical thinking, not about the actual math.

And yes, that person is also defending their choices. I guess the PP went to a public school that didn't teach critical thinking skills.

Ooooh! It looks like I struck a nerve.

AI will be supporting AI by the way...

? um.. the first to go will be backoffice jobs and writers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Depends where you are. No private school is touching Stuyvesant, Bronx Science or Brooklyn Tech in NYC. There are plenty of great public schools that leave most privates in the dust. I say that as a private school parent.

I will say that these kids often suffer in writing and other areas because many of them have spent years prepping for one test to get into these highly selective high schools and that’s what they know.

Those schools are every kid for themselves. Horrible facilities, too.

It’s funny to bring up facilities, when one of DC’s “Big” privates has a well-known ray problem and water infiltration/ceiling leaks.

Do you mean a rat problem. Which school?

The one whose posts get deleted all the time.

Are you afraid to name the school?
Which school has a rat problem?

[Anonymous]

Wait. What? People are paying upwards of 50K+ to deal with a rat problem? This can’t be reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait. What? People are paying upwards of 50K+ to deal with a rat problem? This can’t be reality.

I know! My children deal with rats, tuition free, at our Ward 3 DCPS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wait. What? People are paying upwards of 50K+ to deal with a rat problem? This can’t be reality.

I know! My children deal with rats, tuition free, at our Ward 3 DCPS.

LMAO!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Public doesn’t do nearly as good a job teaching kids that if your family is wealthy and/or connected, you can basically act with impunity at the expense of others. Public schools care about “equity” whereas private schools embrace the fact that money and power are all you really need in life.

This is hysterical. I'm sure your white UMC kid is learning a lot about "equity" in the effectively segregated DCPS system.

[Anonymous]

Totally regret not sending DC to neighborhood public.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is so funny. People get so worked up over defending their choices.

It’s unfair for parents whose kids have only gone to public schools as they really have nothing to compare to. I guess it’s similar for those only attending private, but that is less common.

My feeling having had multiple experiences at public and private (independent privates) is that private really is better on so many levels.

If your definition of ‘better’ is that your child is taking AP multivariable calculus in 10th grade (a skill that AI does and is really not going to be important for humans in the near future) then I guess public is the superior option.

You could say that about every subject & class. I majored in English in college. I only use basic math in my daily life. Yet, I am glad I took Calculus in high school, because it exercised my brain and improved my problem solving skills.

And you can count yourself among those getting worked up & defending your choices.

+1 higher level math is about higher level complex, critical thinking, not about the actual math.

And yes, that person is also defending their choices. I guess the PP went to a public school that didn't teach critical thinking skills.

Ooooh! It looks like I struck a nerve.

AI will be supporting AI by the way...

AI is the new quantum mechanics - a useful generalization for stupid people to stuff their half baked theories into.

PP must have gone to one of those schools that don’t teach critical thinking if she believes that humans don’t need to learn calculus because computers can solve math problems. History books also record historical dates. Does that mean humans don’t need to study history?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is so funny. People get so worked up over defending their choices.

It’s unfair for parents whose kids have only gone to public schools as they really have nothing to compare to. I guess it’s similar for those only attending private, but that is less common.

My feeling having had multiple experiences at public and private (independent privates) is that private really is better on so many levels.

If your definition of ‘better’ is that your child is taking AP multivariable calculus in 10th grade (a skill that AI does and is really not going to be important for humans in the near future) then I guess public is the superior option.

You could say that about every subject & class. I majored in English in college. I only use basic math in my daily life. Yet, I am glad I took Calculus in high school, because it exercised my brain and improved my problem solving skills.

And you can count yourself among those getting worked up & defending your choices.

+1 higher level math is about higher level complex, critical thinking, not about the actual math.

And yes, that person is also defending their choices. I guess the PP went to a public school that didn't teach critical thinking skills.

Ooooh! It looks like I struck a nerve.

AI will be supporting AI by the way...

AI is the new quantum mechanics - a useful generalization for stupid people to stuff their half baked theories into.

PP must have gone to one of those schools that don’t teach critical thinking if she believes that humans don’t need to learn calculus because computers can solve math problems. History books also record historical dates. Does that mean humans don’t need to study history?

Right, because learning calculus in 8th grade is the only avenue to learning critical thinking.

Btw, for someone so committed to demonstrating critical thinking your go to MO was to personally insult the pp.