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Anonymous wrote:The real issue is they don't teach grammar and spelling in schools anymore.

My kid was “taught” to write from standardized “templates.”

I expected that to end in middle or high school, but it did not. Perhaps public schools do it to ensure “fair” (ie objective ) grading. But it did not teach her to use the English language with any beauty or personal style.

I wonder if that is one way that private schools are superior?

It depends on the school and the English teacher, but generally yes. And my kids learn grammar at their classical school, which is helpful. I pulled them from a school that was teaching them by template because I could see the writing on the wall of where that would lead. However, the one I pulled them from was private as well, just less rigorous.