Reply to I don't understand why parents waste so much money on private schools in this area.

Forum Index » Schools and Education General Discussion

Reply to "I don't understand why parents waste so much money on private schools in this area. "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really don't think public school parents understand just how much better private is for kids.  It's so much more than college matriculation.  You think the public and private school kids really have the same level of education going into college?  Having a public and private student score the same on the SAT does not mean they had remotely the same educational experience. LOL that OP thinks that.

The resources, the opportunities, the attention to detail, the level of teaching, the other students, the buildings, the land, the field trips, the plays, the public speaking....

[/quote]

I will add that not all privates are created equal,  however +1000 to all the above. You really can't make a public parent understand the subtle and meaningful differences between learning environments. [/quote]

Okay, I'll bite.  I think you are right, that (at least when we are talking about a good private experience), the smaller classes, and field trips, the flexibility make the educational experience better than the typical public for most kids.  BUT that applies only as long as you limit your inquiry to instruction hours.  Public school is better (again, generally) at teaching kids that they have to get along with all sorts, that the kid wearing the same shorts 4 days in a row because his family doesn't have laundry in their house is just as funny and worthwhile as the kid wearing crew cuts (or whatever) every day.  Some of my best friends are still to this day the friends I made in my private elementary, but one of the most important, and under developed skills I see in the professional world and in life is an ability to talk to and work with people in a different socioeconomic class than you, and how to relate to people who are not uber-privileged.  You learn different things at different schools, and I really don't think you can say one way is better than the other overall--it really depends on your kid and what you need to support.[/quote]

PP here--one other thing. In my own experience, I would say there is a greater delta between the great teachers and the blah teachers in private.  You get fewer 30 year teachers who are tired of running the same curriculum and are waiting to retire, sure.  And you get some really amazing teachers too.  But because they are less likely to require standardized credentials, and generally pay less, you get some real duds.[/quote]

This is such an incorrect stereotype of private school teachers. A quality private school is not hiring a “dud.” They want teachers that can relate to the kids and families. You will find a lot of teachers with multiple degrees that often went to private school growing up or send their kids to private school now. For my youngest kids school, there is not a single home room teacher that doesn’t fall into one of these categories. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics