Anonymous
05/27/2023 08:48
Subject: What public doesn’t teach
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Writing
Critical thinking
Creativity
Organization and study skills
In depth math
Have been at a highly ranked public from 1-6th and am appalled by the shallowness of the curriculum. I feel terrible for what my kid has missed.
Lol that math is better taught at privates- lol nope makes me think this poster is clueless. Have you even tried private yet op? I think you will be pretty disappointed.
The truth is that soft qualities like 1-3 have to be taught/acquired AT HOME as they should be. Schools are an opportunity for learning not a personal nanny service.
Since most parents at a private school are wealthy, in theory, the kids would be surrounded by other kids whose parents have taught them creativity, organization, critical thinking, resilience, motivation, etc etc and will thus help their peers with this. But a surprising number of wealthy parents just don’t bother or accommodate and spoil their kids way too much for these qualities to form. So it ends up being a wash.
My kid went to private Catholic HS and only completed up to AP Calc as a senior. He went on to a top 20 university as applied math major and graduated with a 3.8 gpa (not even cum laude unfortunately), but obviously was very well prepared for the curriculum.
I'm not sure if people on here consider that a private school. They like the ones that cost $50K+
Anonymous
05/27/2023 08:46
Subject: What public doesn’t teach
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Writing
Critical thinking
Creativity
Organization and study skills
In depth math
Have been at a highly ranked public from 1-6th and am appalled by the shallowness of the curriculum. I feel terrible for what my kid has missed.
Lol that math is better taught at privates- lol nope makes me think this poster is clueless. Have you even tried private yet op? I think you will be pretty disappointed.
The truth is that soft qualities like 1-3 have to be taught/acquired AT HOME as they should be. Schools are an opportunity for learning not a personal nanny service.
Since most parents at a private school are wealthy, in theory, the kids would be surrounded by other kids whose parents have taught them creativity, organization, critical thinking, resilience, motivation, etc etc and will thus help their peers with this. But a surprising number of wealthy parents just don’t bother or accommodate and spoil their kids way too much for these qualities to form. So it ends up being a wash.
My kid went to private Catholic HS and only completed up to AP Calc as a senior. He went on to a top 20 university as applied math major and graduated with a 3.8 gpa (not even cum laude unfortunately), but obviously was very well prepared for the curriculum.
Anonymous
05/27/2023 08:45
Subject: What public doesn’t teach
Anonymous wrote:*Refinement
*Class
*How to deal with the upper crust in business
*How to be quiet
*How to be a free thinker
When has being quiet been an asset in getting ahead? Did a wallflower become the CEO of your organization?
As for dealing with the upper crust, you can't swing a cat at our NOVA public school without banging into about ten big law partners.
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Anonymous
05/27/2023 08:38
Subject: Re:What public doesn’t teach
Anonymous wrote:But does private teach how to be a good test taker?
You think you are funny but test-taking is a necessary skill.
Anonymous
05/27/2023 08:38
Subject: What public doesn’t teach
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is no one going to call out the fact that OP things creativity is a thing that should/can be taught?
Seriously though, can someone explain this “teaching creativity” concept?
Fostering creativity would have been a better way for OP to phrase this. My kids have had drama, art and music classes since PK. They have gone on field trips to supplement these classes. Our private high school requires 4 credits of fine arts and offers varied courses such as photography, drawing, painting, ceramics, sculpture, mixed media, ability to learn any instrument, acting, improv, stagecraft, etc.
Anonymous
05/27/2023 08:37
Subject: What public doesn’t teach
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Writing
Critical thinking
Creativity
Organization and study skills
In depth math
Have been at a highly ranked public from 1-6th and am appalled by the shallowness of the curriculum. I feel terrible for what my kid has missed.
Our public school has a very popular creative writing class that my child will be taking next year. It's hilarious that you think private school math is better than public. Math is one subject where public school parents know exactly where their kids stand compared to other kids, do private school parents have the same information?
Phillips in Massachusetts performs well in math competitions, but I can't name a DC area school that does.
What? You don't get out much? You can't name one school in the DC area?
Try Haycock ES, Longfellow Middle School, TJHSST https://tjvmt.com/, and Blair for starters.
Have you ever been to a Mathcounts tournament and seen the kids there?
Anonymous
05/27/2023 08:36
Subject: What public doesn’t teach
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Writing
Critical thinking
Creativity
Organization and study skills
In depth math
Have been at a highly ranked public from 1-6th and am appalled by the shallowness of the curriculum. I feel terrible for what my kid has missed.
Lol that math is better taught at privates- lol nope makes me think this poster is clueless. Have you even tried private yet op? I think you will be pretty disappointed.
The truth is that soft qualities like 1-3 have to be taught/acquired AT HOME as they should be. Schools are an opportunity for learning not a personal nanny service.
Since most parents at a private school are wealthy, in theory, the kids would be surrounded by other kids whose parents have taught them creativity, organization, critical thinking, resilience, motivation, etc etc and will thus help their peers with this. But a surprising number of wealthy parents just don’t bother or accommodate and spoil their kids way too much for these qualities to form. So it ends up being a wash.
Which private and which public matters for these comparisons. The math education at our private goes well beyond the local publics.
Anonymous
05/27/2023 08:29
Subject: What public doesn’t teach
Anonymous wrote:Writing
Critical thinking
Creativity
Organization and study skills
In depth math
Have been at a highly ranked public from 1-6th and am appalled by the shallowness of the curriculum. I feel terrible for what my kid has missed.
Lol that math is better taught at privates- lol nope makes me think this poster is clueless. Have you even tried private yet op? I think you will be pretty disappointed.
The truth is that soft qualities like 1-3 have to be taught/acquired AT HOME as they should be. Schools are an opportunity for learning not a personal nanny service.
Since most parents at a private school are wealthy, in theory, the kids would be surrounded by other kids whose parents have taught them creativity, organization, critical thinking, resilience, motivation, etc etc and will thus help their peers with this. But a surprising number of wealthy parents just don’t bother or accommodate and spoil their kids way too much for these qualities to form. So it ends up being a wash.
Anonymous
05/27/2023 08:20
Subject: What public doesn’t teach
I view public schools as more of an anti-crime effort that improves public safety. Maybe the top 10% can educate but the majority function better for anti-crime than for education.
Anonymous
05/27/2023 08:18
Subject: What public doesn’t teach
Anonymous wrote:Is no one going to call out the fact that OP things creativity is a thing that should/can be taught?
Seriously though, can someone explain this “teaching creativity” concept?
Anonymous
05/27/2023 08:18
Subject: Re:What public doesn’t teach
Anonymous
Anonymous
05/27/2023 08:00
Subject: What public doesn’t teach
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This is why many of us consider public schools to be a failure.
Nobody is ever going to come out & say they regret spending $45,000/year on private.
I'm curious...who pays for public school? I regret spending much more in my tax dollars for public schools that are dismal.
You didn't spend your tax money on public schools. It was taxed. The government spent the money. You didn't invest your self-image in the public school your kid attended, unless you chose your home because of the school.