Reply to Private schools are indefensible

Forum Index » Private & Independent Schools

Reply to "Private schools are indefensible"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Private school parents should feel uncomfortable about the two tiers of education we are supporting. It is intellectually dishonest to act like we are trying to do anything but give our kids a leg up on the backs of others. Some people shrug and say so what - that’s life and I think that is at least reasonably honest. But to act morally superior because you decided to send your kids to GDS over a more conservative private school is reprehensible. Democrats are in many ways no different than Republicans. Everyone on top wants to preserve the status quo and why wouldn’t they. All she is doing is throwing the curtains open and I think these are uncomfortable truths we all need to face.[/quote]

Speaking as one of the many parents whose kids have benefitted from financial aid at private schools, I’ll say this: we need to focus on improving public schools. Our local DMV public disappointed me on so many levels. No discipline for misbehaving kids, and no desire to improve upon incorrect or outdated teaching materials. School leadership has passionately embraced all of the broader community service missions attached to the school, but has not embraced intellectualism or the pursuit of excellence with the same fervor. [/quote]

This brings up a good question, is there no discipline or does the discipline not address the root cause of the problem?  Thought of a different way, when kids misbehave in private they can be expelled because public school is the backup.  What happens to students who misbehave in public?  What is the backup?[/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