will you entrust ur kid to the US public school system?

Question

why or why not?

Answer 1

If I have children, I will put them in private school. They will get a better education and be better prepared for college.

P.S. Private school students are not sheltered. Not in the least. Trust me.

Answer 2

Yes, in spite of what you hear about public school, the teachers I have worked with are dedicated and passionate about teaching. The only things blocking their way are politics, political correctness, and the public's perception of how easy teaching is. What the public hears is how the school system fails, but not how they are required to take on more responsibilities every day when society fails the children. Teachers do their best every day with what they have to work with. If a business was required to take on an employee with no skills or no capacity to learn those skills in an acceptable period of time, then there might be changes in the system we have. But, that is not practical, so change won't happen until the public changes its attitude about what can happen in THEIR schools and let teachers actually teach.

Well, so much for my tirade. The answer is yes, I would entrust my kids to the US public school system. In fact, I already did and both of them have turned out alright.

Answer 3

Why does it have to be all or nothing? There are benefits to public schooling, home schooling and private schooling.

You can find a good or bad situation (teachers, districts, principals, etc.) anywhere. Home schooling can be wonderful, but it has its drawbacks. I know because my children have experience all three schooling avenues.

If you do enroll your child in public school, check out the district, the local school, its staff and the teacher he will have. Keep on top of what is happening in the classroom and support your child by doing a lot of one-on-one instruction at home when he does not understand concepts. If he finds school too easy, enrich his afterhours life with additional learning opportunities of your own.

Do what the classroom can't because of budget and time constraints. Take your child on "field trips" and watch and interpret educational movies, music, drama, art, science, etc.

Education does not have to stop at the classroom door. Your child will benefit from your interest in learning. Create a lifelong learner who will find the world fascinating.

I agree that the public school system is lacking in certain areas. But it does the best job possible given the political and financial constraints. Home schooling can be fantastic or can deprive the child of consistent learning and social opportunities. (It really is important for children to learn to wait in line, share, deal with both positive and negative peers and to speak in front of a class.) Private schools can be super but also can have some underqualified teachers.

Please, whichever road you choose, don't leave your child's education in someone else's hands. As a parent, you are your child's first and most trusted teacher, and you will be for life.

Answer 4

No way!! The public school system just drags children down with all their standardized testing. Why should a straight A student get held back because they can't pass one of the exit exams due to spelling errors or something stupid like that? When ever in there life are they not going to have access to a dictionary or spell check. It is just plan nonsense. I think they need to use the money they spend on these stupid test to make smaller class sizes and better educational tools.

Answer 5

I did, but I got to choose the school. In Minnesota, we can send our kids to any public school in the State as long as we provide transportation.

We choose a district other than our own based on test scores and referrals. We are very happy.

We looked at private schools, but they could not convince me that they were better than the best public schools.

Public schools published their test scores and private ones don't.

Answer 6

Yes
I am a teacher in the Public School System (in Canada, but I did my training in the States) and I know that the teacher's are the same regardless of what system they teach in.

Your child will learn the same material's and have to write the same standardized tests regardless of what kind of school he or she goes to.

Government legislation states that, and they will have to do it eventually.

Answer 7

I am in public school. I know things that i wouldn't know but i am lacking some skills my teacher to student ratio is horrible and in each new grade the teachers are not on the same level just to play it safe get some references first. Then enroll.

Answer 8

It depends on the individual school district! I work in different school systems and some I definitely would and others I definitely wouldn't. I would homeschool if the district I lived in was below par. Homeschooling has to be a 100% commitment. You can work and homeschool if you work it right.
If you don't like your resident school district, you can petition to go to one you do feel is better.

Answer 9

Yeah, i did public school and I think you learn more about the real world in public than in private because your not as sheltered

Answer 10

Why can't people spell anymore. Did it really save you that much work to incorrectly spell "your" as "ur". Can this be a byproduct of the US public school system?

--V