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[quote=Anonymous]We started in a small private school, but due to relocation our son attended 2nd grade in a public school. By the second half of the year, we noticed that he wasn’t gaining new knowledge and was relying mostly on what he had learned in previous years. He also began to struggle with new material. Unfortunately, he experienced harassment because of his “non-American” name, and his teacher wasn’t able to resolve it. We reported the situation to the principal, but nothing was done.
Our son told us that when he tried to inform the teacher at the moment he was being bullied, the teacher responded that she “did not hear anything.” We don’t blame the teacher—there were 27 children in the class—but it still left him without support. Despite our desire to give public school a second chance, since we thought the academic difficulties might have been related to the stress of relocation, we were fortunate to find an opening in a private school near the end of the school year.
After spending just one day there, our son couldn’t stop talking about how much nicer and more polite the kids were, and how the teachers paid attention because the classes were smaller. We transferred him, and now he’s in his third year there. We had considered returning to public school for high school—possibly 3W—but we realized we have not prepared him well to deal with the kinds of issues he faced earlier. Now we are considering a private high school instead, and eventually a smaller private college (not Ivy League). than to be overwhelmed by the challenges of a large public setting—especially when adults may overlook things happening around them. If a child feels confident, grounded, and “like a fish in water,” and has the maturity to navigate a larger environment, then a public school can work very well. It’s not really about academic competition or differences. What truly matters is whether the child feels safe and welcomed, because only then can they absorb all that knowledge and make the most of the experience.[/quote]

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