Public vs. Private

First off I hope your ready for this long ass rant about my stupid school :coffee:
I go to a private school here in the US...Catholic...ick...there isn't more than 200 students in the junior high and highschool combined

The only thing I guess I like about it is that people trust the kids from my school more than the kids from the public school (jobs and other parents and such)...that and the education is much better...even if are textbooks are as old as us...I have taken classes that the kids from the public school haven't taken yet...

We have a uniform (eavery single person wears black shoes, kakhi pants and blue polos), text books as old as the students...a sound system for theater that is from the eighties...and a fair majority of the students have had family go there before them (Parents, relatives)\

Our food sucks...we also don't have a lot of extracurilculars(sp?), which are basically sports (football, volleyball, golf, basketball, baseball and track) and volunteering (ex. at Thanksgiving we raise over 20,000 cans and give it to the local food shelter)

New extra after school programs have to fund themselves for two years before they are recognised by the school...and Theater funds it self regardless...if we don't have a play one year, then for the next four year there is no theater because ticket sales pay for next years theate...(does that make sense?)

If a girl want to play baseball...she has to be on the boys team (which I think is kick ass) because we don't have a girls team...there isn't enough girls interested to be on a girls team though...the golf team has five or six people...Varsity and fresh soph is the same thing when it comes to football...

Our school is basically as big as (people wise) the freshman class (if not smaller than) at the public highschool...sad...
My mom went there when she was my age...A teacher of mine taught her and he sometimes calls me by my moms name...I get very annoyed...

I've been going to school with just about the same gfroup of kids since I was born...I've never had more than 25 kids in my class...(I just noticed that these are random thoughts popping in my head)...

The reasons why I hate it are simply that...I am not catholic after all these years of the school system force feeding Catholicism down my throat...I don't have a place of interest in the school (we have no music program) and our theater sucks...Theater takes place in the old gym which has been made in to a splapstick auditorium...if you aren't into sports or volunteering...you don't have a place at my school AND guess what...I'm basically the only person who hates playing sports and does get much into volunteering...
We also don't have an air conditioning system because that is not on our list of must have things for the school...it gets really hot in our kakhi pants that we have to wear all year...and they don't turn the heat on until December ...and when they do turn the heat on it absolutely blows...The old part of the school is pass out worthy hot and the newer part of the school is two winter coat worthy cold...(one time it was so cold in school everyone had to wear their coats, hats, gloves , and scarves...rather interesting day...ha)

The public school kids all think we are so rich, stuck up and innocent :file:...That's what they think... :finger:
It's funny though...we are such a small school that when something with drugs pops up it is such a big deal...but the people involved in the situations are always kids that just transferred over from the public school...(i'm not saying that kids at my school don't do drugs or drink...I'm just saying we aren't stupid enough to get caught) (who the hell smokes pot every class period in the bathroom at a small school? You would so be able to smell it from every corner of the school) (and we did) ...so random

That was really long and I am very sorry... :crazy:

I really hate that nearly every year we need a new teacher for one or more subjects because at the end of the year like five people quit or something

Here in England private schools aren't Catholic schools. Like mines not Catholic. Loads of people here are religious, we actually have are own chapel that we have to go to once a week (ugh) but it's not actually a religious school.

My primary school was a state school (or public school i guess. Here a public school is a school one bigger, posher, and "better" than a private school.) and my first high school was a state school. But it was a grammar school, so you had to take a test to get in and only the top 130 get in. ( I was 129th xD) and now I'm at a private school.

I think the state school I went to was by far the best. Everyone at my school now is ridiculously rich and I'm really not. I have no idea how my parents afford for me to go to private school. But they all have the newest, most expensive clothes and big houses and everything else and I really don't.

People that private school kids are "better" in some way, like behaviour etc. but they're really not. I mean because it's a private school people kind of expect there to be no drugs, no alcohol and no smoking. But I know tons of people who deal weed (and more) one guy actually gets given it by his mum (lol), as soon as your out of school there are people smoking all over the place, if someone looked through all the bags a bet quite a few would have beer and a load of illegal substances in there.

Private school (here at least) is shit because everyone thinks they're better than everyone else.

I go to a private catholic all girls school.

It's a fairly well respected school, but it's totally a dump. They don't offer half the subjects I want to take (like graphics and design) and have really crap teachers. The classrooms are the same as the ones that were there when my mum used to go there, same with the textbooks and other fittings. It's so cheap, in the rain it leaks and floods. In one building, the roof is starting to fall through, and the teacher can't do anything other than tell us to stick a bucket under it.

With all the school fees we pay, we have no idea where the money goes. Probably lining the headmistresses pockets. :file:
Or making the school look rich to entice "foreign investors" who pay megabucks to send their daughters there.

On the upside, if I don't drop out, I'm going to a state school next year!

I go for private schooling.
I find it to be stupid.
Schooling system and I don't match up.
The system restricts the students too much.
Because we have to be this perfect model student so the public and other parents who are willing to pay thousands for their girls to go there will have a good impression of us.
Its not about us being the best we can be for ourselves but its us being the best we can be for them.
:grr:
I rather be homeschooled.

What I've seen (I go to public school)
Public School is easier but many times we are underfunded, and the education and equiptment isn't the best.

Private schools have better education and more of a challenge (which is a good thing depending how much you wanna know! haha) and they don't need to worry about money and financial aid
but you have to wear the uniforms...but thats my opinion!!

I've been going to private/Catholic school since kindergarten. I switched to a public school last year, and managed to stay about a month before switching back. At Catholic schools you do learn more, and normally there are smaller classes, so teachers can pay more attention to students who need it.

Except people think that people that go to private schools are full of themselves.

There are different maturity levels too. DEFINITELY not saying that all people that go to public school are immature, though.

Since day care I've been going to private Jewish schools. I hated it there. I hate private schools. All the kids were rich and stuck up; the teachers weren't very good... the only thing they offered to help me in my schoolwork was a 6,000$ tutoring program. Yeah, I don't think so.

I'm switching to a public school this year, but the school I go to will most likely have uniforms. I live in Quebec, and there aren't many completely public English schools around, so most are semi-privite. :cute:

I've been educated in state schools since the beginning. I could have gone to a grammar 6th form, but I wouldn't have wanted to, because I don't believe in selective entry. Besides, the college I'm at now is brilliant.

I don't think you could pay me to go to a private school, let alone me pay them. A good education should not be a commodity that can be bought and sold, in my eyes.

I go to a public school, but went to a private school for eight years. But, in Ireland, it's the other way around, the public schools are religious and strict, and the private schools give you a lot more freedom. The private school I went to was religion based, but it was very much all 'born again Christians' who couldn't bear to put their little darlings anywhere near Catholics. Not to say a word against them, some of my best friends are Christians and I was raised that way, but there is such a high intolerance to anybody else's views but your own. For example, I remember as a 6th classer (Irish equivolent of 7th grade) stating that I believed in Judaeism, and immediately being told I was 'going to hell' and I should be put on detention. The next year, I went to a public school, which was a Catholic school. We have the whole deal - uniforms, mass, hail Marys, everything. They all respected the fact that I didn't believe in what they did, and fully understood the fact that I chose not to do the things they did. Even the nuns were respectful towards my decisions, which honestly surprised me.

Education wise? By my experiance, public is far better. I have friends in boarding schools who argue differently, but the results speak for themselves...

I've never been to public school, so I can't say anything without being very biased. Catholics schools can be very strict, with uniforms, and things like that. Some public high schools in my area have to wear uniforms because of gangs.

:shifty

But you know what they say about Catholic schools.

-cough- Better drugs. -cough-

My thoughts? Well, I don't really know how to choose.

First, I kinda like public schools because they are mostly free.
But the down side to this is, the Public Schools here are mostly filled with drug dealers, gangs, etc, etc.
Second, I kinda like Private Schools, too, because it's cleaner and seems more safer to me. [2 Me, anyway]
But the downside to this is that it costs alot for a private school, and you have to wear those fancy uniforms. [one school here requires you to wear skirts 4 girls. even if it's WINTER. O_O]
So I don't really have a choosing. =p I go to a public school so I guess I'll just have to live through it. :] But the teachers are nice, too! hehehe

I've never attended a public school so I wouldn't know what they're like.
But to be honest, I live in a posh area, and from what I've heard, both public and private schools here aren't that much different from eachother.
My school isn't a catholic school either.

I've never attended private school, but I live right next door to a private Christian one. They have no funding, and can't even have any extra classes like art 0_o.

I've always been in the public school system. It was either that or Catholic, or a really pushy Christian one. Since I'm not religious, I've always felt the most comfortable at public schools, even moreso my high school. There's no mention of religion, no uniform, and stuff like that. The education? Decent, and fair. The discipline is fairly well, and it's huge enough (over 1000 students) that if you keep your nose in your own buisness, everything is fine. Plus their good with disipline, and fair with academic awards.

The funding? Well if you're into sports, you've got it made (like how the school spent all of it's money last year buying a freakin fancy bus for the football team). Arts get the short end of the stick. I'm in band, and our room is moldy, the plaster is coming off in the instrument room, the ceiling tiles are stained, and it smells funny. Getting an instrument you rented fixed? Pay for it yourself. New ties for the band? Nah, the basketball team needs a bus now too. And the art room... it doesn't smell funny, but we have really shitty supplies. And the other public school (which I don't go to), they actually fund the arts. My band teacher nearly cried when he saw their band room. That's the one thing I really hate about my school.

Well, I think that private schools are really great....for the right people. They aren't always the best option for some people. Most of the private schools around here are religion based.....and expensive. Trust me, I know. My friend went to one for like a year on a full scholarship, but then her family was forced to pay full tuition. They almost had a heart attack when they heard the price. So she has been going to a public school since. I think that if you have a way to pay for it then it is a better option. Especially if you are religious. Public schools are usually not allowed to include religion in their curriculum. Well, around here they aren't. I also think that if you want you child to attend a private school, it should be done early in their lives. It can be really hard to adjust to if you have been going to a public school for so long. I do believe that students do get a better education at private schools due to the smaller classes, but it really depends on the family's situation. Around my neighborhood there is no real need for a private school, unless you want to have religion included in your studies. My neighborhood is a nice suburb with nice, safe, and "well-equipped" schools. If you live in a really bad neighborhood with metal detectors and such in public schools, then maybe you should consider a private school, if you have the resources. See, it really depends on your situation and evironment. :file:

I think public schools are better. Their educational system may not be as great, but I think you gain more skills that will prepare you for when you're out of school. Public schools tend to have more diversity, or just weirder people and it'll give you more experience. Private schools are all about education and not really into the social skills you need. I've actually attened both private and public schools and I still think public schools are better.

Really, it doesn't matter to me. People always think that private school kids are better behaved, but the truth is they're worse than the public school kids.

I think that private school is just a way of spoiling kids. But of course I think that because I'm a public school kid.

My friend keeps telling me that private school is better than public.
Less drugs, blah, blah, blah.
I disagree. I think it's the same thing. Just faster.

I prefer public. All the private schools where I live are religious and ridiculously expensive. In public schools, I think you're more exposed to the real world, and there's more diversity and culture instead of all those millions of regulations about what you can wear or say or how you can act.

I go to a public school [Catholic] but it's just as strict as any private school. I live in England so we have uniforms anyway but they're all really rich anyway becuase I live in a posh area.

Only were I live could the place be so posh there's no need for parents to send their kids to private school. :roll:

We all wear uniforms, we aren't allowed makeup or hair dying or coloured hairbands/bobbles. They're even thinking of making us all wear the same coat and have the same bag and pencil case.

There is no freedom at all. I got detention for singing 'Gay Bar' at a catholic school and when my friend auditioned for the summer concert, she wasn't allowed to get in because she sang Queen and Freddie was gay.

Idiots. :file:

I went to a private school with uniforms, it wasn't a relioius school and it was small so everybody knew each other... they took education seriously and were fairly strict. I'd have to say I liked it more then the public high school I go to now, where all they care about is sports and being "Number 1"...