Public Vs. Private?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Serious question, what are the benefits of Private school for those in Whitman/Churchill/Wooton/BCC school districts? The public schools are so good, just trying to understand why so many people in these school clusters are choosing private.

DC does not do well in the large class settings. For us it was important to have a smaller class size and overall smaller school so DC feels comfortable and can have a more enjoyable school experience. For us it has nothing to do with college admissions. Teachers in the other grades know my kid and DC knows them too so DC feels very comfortable with them.

I do think that some kids just need the small class sizes. These kids end up going to SLACs, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Advocate for public school! Public! Public! Public schools have the capacity to serve your students should they have learned disabilities, need strategies and boundaries, and are building skills and habits. Private schools hire individuals who do not have certification, or a teachers license. How can a school hire people who don’t have the fundamental understanding of what it means to be an educator, therefore, they are not truly educators, they are people who feel that they are versed in their contents area. They do not care about your students, learning habits, in terms of meeting deadlines, being honest, and figuring out ways to improve when they are struggling. Public, Public, Public! You’re doing your child a great disservice by having them attend private schools, especially if you don’t want them to be a bigot, entitled, cheaters, or drug addicts.

Because this is exactly what the big three produce.

Is this a serious post? Do you speak English as a second language or just have issues with your overuse of exclamation points?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:23:30 PP here again.

As another PP mentioned above, DC would be overwhelmed in the large MCPS classroom and would not ask a question or ask for help when needed. With the small class size in private, the teachers have helped DC build confidence and help them advocate for themselves. There is no way a teacher with 25 kids would have the time to do that. Overall we have been very pleased with DC's social- emotional as well as academic growth.

As a psychologist, I would like to offer my perspective on your decision to enroll your child in a smaller school to avoid being with more than 25 children. It is important to consider the potential consequences of this decision and whether it is the best choice for your child's long-term development.

Exposure to challenging situations and experiences can help children develop resiliency and coping skills. And while your kid is still living at home, this can be even more helpful as you'll be there to support (hopefully only when 100% needed). While it may be tempting to shield your child from potential difficulties, doing so may prevent them from developing the necessary skills to navigate difficult situations in the future. College life and beyond requires these very skills and many of my patients who didn't learn them as children are having difficulty coping as adults.

I would recommend considering the specific needs and abilities of your child and working with the *larger school as much as you can and perhaps enlisting the help of a therapist to ensure they are appropriately supported and challenged. This is key for your child to develop their social and emotional skills, as these can be important factors in their success both in and out of school.

While it may be difficult to see your child struggle, it is important to remember that challenges and setbacks can be valuable learning opportunities that can help them grow and thrive in the long run.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Advocate for public school! Public! Public! Public schools have the capacity to serve your students should they have learned disabilities, need strategies and boundaries, and are building skills and habits. Private schools hire individuals who do not have certification, or a teachers license. How can a school hire people who don’t have the fundamental understanding of what it means to be an educator, therefore, they are not truly educators, they are people who feel that they are versed in their contents area. They do not care about your students, learning habits, in terms of meeting deadlines, being honest, and figuring out ways to improve when they are struggling. Public, Public, Public! You’re doing your child a great disservice by having them attend private schools, especially if you don’t want them to be a bigot, entitled, cheaters, or drug addicts.

Because this is exactly what the big three produce.

This is such an over the top post I don't even know what to say.... My kids all went to private (I'm not saying this is the right choice for all people) and NONE of them are bigots, entitled, cheaters or drug addicts. I do know some that are, and I know plenty of public school kids who are too.

This post has got to be a troll!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:23:30 PP here again.

As another PP mentioned above, DC would be overwhelmed in the large MCPS classroom and would not ask a question or ask for help when needed. With the small class size in private, the teachers have helped DC build confidence and help them advocate for themselves. There is no way a teacher with 25 kids would have the time to do that. Overall we have been very pleased with DC's social- emotional as well as academic growth.

As a psychologist, I would like to offer my perspective on your decision to enroll your child in a smaller school to avoid being with more than 25 children. It is important to consider the potential consequences of this decision and whether it is the best choice for your child's long-term development.

Exposure to challenging situations and experiences can help children develop resiliency and coping skills. And while your kid is still living at home, this can be even more helpful as you'll be there to support (hopefully only when 100% needed). While it may be tempting to shield your child from potential difficulties, doing so may prevent them from developing the necessary skills to navigate difficult situations in the future. College life and beyond requires these very skills and many of my patients who didn't learn them as children are having difficulty coping as adults.

I would recommend considering the specific needs and abilities of your child and working with the *larger school as much as you can and perhaps enlisting the help of a therapist to ensure they are appropriately supported and challenged. This is key for your child to develop their social and emotional skills, as these can be important factors in their success both in and out of school.

While it may be difficult to see your child struggle, it is important to remember that challenges and setbacks can be valuable learning opportunities that can help them grow and thrive in the long run.

Yuck-- are you the public school booster using all of those exclamation points in an earlier post? Ms. Public! Public! Public!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Advocate for public school! Public! Public! Public schools have the capacity to serve your students should they have learned disabilities, need strategies and boundaries, and are building skills and habits. Private schools hire individuals who do not have certification, or a teachers license. How can a school hire people who don’t have the fundamental understanding of what it means to be an educator, therefore, they are not truly educators, they are people who feel that they are versed in their contents area. They do not care about your students, learning habits, in terms of meeting deadlines, being honest, and figuring out ways to improve when they are struggling. Public, Public, Public! You’re doing your child a great disservice by having them attend private schools, especially if you don’t want them to be a bigot, entitled, cheaters, or drug addicts.

Because this is exactly what the big three produce.

I have worked with wonderful AND dreadful teachers in a public school. I have worked with wonderful AND dreadful teachers in a private school. I have worked with uncertified teachers in both settings. Interestingly, there were more teachers working toward certification at my former public school than at my current private. (Yes, many private schools require state certification.)

The only difference I’ve noticed between the two settings is that the private school fires the poor teachers. The public school, due to contracts and tenure, had a harder time doing that.

Don’t fall for any nonsense about teacher quality being better at one than the other. There are great teachers in both settings. There are terrible teachers in both settings.

[Anonymous]

As a product of a top dc private school, I couldn’t imagine sending my child anywhere else. I know many now-adults from most of the area public and private schools and there’s a stark difference that has consistently existed since school and is still evident. There’s a reason parents find value in the large expense and it’s not because they’re foolish or elitist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:23:30 PP here again.

As another PP mentioned above, DC would be overwhelmed in the large MCPS classroom and would not ask a question or ask for help when needed. With the small class size in private, the teachers have helped DC build confidence and help them advocate for themselves. There is no way a teacher with 25 kids would have the time to do that. Overall we have been very pleased with DC's social- emotional as well as academic growth.

As a psychologist, I would like to offer my perspective on your decision to enroll your child in a smaller school to avoid being with more than 25 children. It is important to consider the potential consequences of this decision and whether it is the best choice for your child's long-term development.

Exposure to challenging situations and experiences can help children develop resiliency and coping skills. And while your kid is still living at home, this can be even more helpful as you'll be there to support (hopefully only when 100% needed). While it may be tempting to shield your child from potential difficulties, doing so may prevent them from developing the necessary skills to navigate difficult situations in the future. College life and beyond requires these very skills and many of my patients who didn't learn them as children are having difficulty coping as adults.

I would recommend considering the specific needs and abilities of your child and working with the *larger school as much as you can and perhaps enlisting the help of a therapist to ensure they are appropriately supported and challenged. This is key for your child to develop their social and emotional skills, as these can be important factors in their success both in and out of school.

While it may be difficult to see your child struggle, it is important to remember that challenges and setbacks can be valuable learning opportunities that can help them grow and thrive in the long run.

I don’t disagree with you for HS age kids transitioning into adulthood. But if I know my 8yo will do better in a class of 16 vs 28 I’m choosing the smaller class. If that smaller class also has enough subs instead of having to sit on the floor in a different classroom all day where she can hardly learn because there are no subs and her teacher called our, then I’m choosing that too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Advocate for public school! Public! Public! Public schools have the capacity to serve your students should they have learned disabilities, need strategies and boundaries, and are building skills and habits. Private schools hire individuals who do not have certification, or a teachers license. How can a school hire people who don’t have the fundamental understanding of what it means to be an educator, therefore, they are not truly educators, they are people who feel that they are versed in their contents area. They do not care about your students, learning habits, in terms of meeting deadlines, being honest, and figuring out ways to improve when they are struggling. Public, Public, Public! You’re doing your child a great disservice by having them attend private schools, especially if you don’t want them to be a bigot, entitled, cheaters, or drug addicts.

Because this is exactly what the big three produce.

I have worked with wonderful AND dreadful teachers in a public school. I have worked with wonderful AND dreadful teachers in a private school. I have worked with uncertified teachers in both settings. Interestingly, there were more teachers working toward certification at my former public school than at my current private. (Yes, many private schools require state certification.)

The only difference I’ve noticed between the two settings is that the private school fires the poor teachers. The public school, due to contracts and tenure, had a harder time doing that.

Don’t fall for any nonsense about teacher quality being better at one than the other. There are great teachers in both settings. There are terrible teachers in both settings.

totally agree about teachers. My now 5th grader started in mcps and had amazing teachers. Now in private she’s also had really great and caring teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:23:30 PP here again.

As another PP mentioned above, DC would be overwhelmed in the large MCPS classroom and would not ask a question or ask for help when needed. With the small class size in private, the teachers have helped DC build confidence and help them advocate for themselves. There is no way a teacher with 25 kids would have the time to do that. Overall we have been very pleased with DC's social- emotional as well as academic growth.

As a psychologist, I would like to offer my perspective on your decision to enroll your child in a smaller school to avoid being with more than 25 children. It is important to consider the potential consequences of this decision and whether it is the best choice for your child's long-term development.

Exposure to challenging situations and experiences can help children develop resiliency and coping skills. And while your kid is still living at home, this can be even more helpful as you'll be there to support (hopefully only when 100% needed). While it may be tempting to shield your child from potential difficulties, doing so may prevent them from developing the necessary skills to navigate difficult situations in the future. College life and beyond requires these very skills and many of my patients who didn't learn them as children are having difficulty coping as adults.

I would recommend considering the specific needs and abilities of your child and working with the *larger school as much as you can and perhaps enlisting the help of a therapist to ensure they are appropriately supported and challenged. This is key for your child to develop their social and emotional skills, as these can be important factors in their success both in and out of school.

While it may be difficult to see your child struggle, it is important to remember that challenges and setbacks can be valuable learning opportunities that can help them grow and thrive in the long run.

Lol: “take your kid out of a good situation and put them in a stressful situation but then put them in expensive therapy to deal with it”

Sounds about par for the BS advice typically given by “psychologists”

[Anonymous]

Never ceases to amuse me how public school parents feel the need to justify their decisions by posting on these threads. You don't see private school parents coming to the public school boards with the same insecurities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never ceases to amuse me how public school parents feel the need to justify their decisions by posting on these threads. You don't see private school parents coming to the public school boards with the same insecurities.

I’m on here because we are exploring private schools. I’m keeping my smart STEM kid in public. He would do well anywhere.

I plan to send my younger two to private. They would benefit from smaller class sizes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never ceases to amuse me how public school parents feel the need to justify their decisions by posting on these threads. You don't see private school parents coming to the public school boards with the same insecurities.

Yes, you do. All the time. We have kids in both and there are insecure parents everywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Advocate for public school! Public! Public! Public schools have the capacity to serve your students should they have learned disabilities, need strategies and boundaries, and are building skills and habits. Private schools hire individuals who do not have certification, or a teachers license. How can a school hire people who don’t have the fundamental understanding of what it means to be an educator, therefore, they are not truly educators, they are people who feel that they are versed in their contents area. They do not care about your students, learning habits, in terms of meeting deadlines, being honest, and figuring out ways to improve when they are struggling. Public, Public, Public! You’re doing your child a great disservice by having them attend private schools, especially if you don’t want them to be a bigot, entitled, cheaters, or drug addicts.

Because this is exactly what the big three produce.

You are a freak. Please get help soon.

[Anonymous]

Well, look what just happened at Potomac. I guess you can say that you want to send your kid to smaller classes for reasons. The kids in these schools often have reasons that a bigger real-world situation won't work for them. And the post is down to respect families which ALWAYS happens with private situations and rarely with the public. Which is the smart thing to do for privates.