Did you enjoy your experience? Do you think that children that attend private schools have an advantage/disadvantage over children that went to pubilc school, why?
2006-10-08 12:38:55 · 11 answers · asked by Lindsey 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
I went public school K-12 but at 9th grade the students from the private Catholic school merged. Immediately it was noticed by all of us that every one of them were placed into the advanced class. Soon it was realized this was very just. I just graduated and 7 out of our Top 10 were from that Catholic school. That is though, just one Catholic school. I'm a nanny now and one of the little girls just started kindergarten in September at the Catholic school and is already significantly further ahead than the other 5 years old I know from the public school.
Another incident though is the local Christian school. I know a little girl who is in 1st grade this year. Very very small school. Her class consists of 6 children. Already it's obvious they are working at least a year ahead of the local public school. SHe left kindergarten knowing how to read at a basic 2nd grade level and now in only the 2nd month of 1st grade has a very good knowledge of cursive writing.
2006-10-08 14:25:37 · answer #1 · answered by Mish B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've taught at both and found no major differences in the general student body... with one exception...
If a student in a private school isn't cutting the mustard, nobody walks on eggshells about it. That is, they are told, in so many words, that they need to shape up or ship out. So, in that way, kids in a private school DO have an advantage because they're held to a higher standard, and they are held responsible for meeting or exceeding it. Not so in public school... observe the number of people who manage to graduate, yet still cannot form a sentence or read anything beyond Hop on Pop.
2006-10-08 12:44:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my child attends private school. the classes are smaller, the discipline is better, and the expectations of the teachers & parents are higher. I think the disadvantage comes b/c the private school cannot participate in a lot of the free programs that are offered to the public school kids. But in the end, their character & their education make up for this shortcoming.
2006-10-10 05:29:14 · answer #3 · answered by L. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I went to private school Pre-K through 6 and public school 7-12. Both have their advantages. Having gotten the basics at private school, when I went to public school I was ahead in a lot of areas: reading, math, language arts. But I was behind in other areas: computer skills (small private school, only taught computer skills to students 7-12. I went into 7th grade having never seen a computer and this was like '98), mythology (because it went against our religious beliefs, but everyone knows that the Odyssey, the Illiad, and lots of other mythology shows up time and time again in college). Plus, my private school was affiliated to a church/religion that I did not attend/practice, so I spent alot of time socially isolated and had to learn alot of social skills going into public school.
Having said that I'm really glad I didn't stay in private school the full 12 years. I learned alot in private school which kept me from ever struggling on standardized tests, but had I not gone to public school I feel like I would have been shell shocked coming to college. So both have advantages and disadvantages and I think the half-private school/ half-public school idea was very wise of my mother.
P.S. when I went to public school, I didn't go to regular public school. I went to a montessori middle school and a magnet-college prep high school.
2006-10-08 14:51:01 · answer #4 · answered by Dee 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've got no stats, but 3 families I know use the private religious schools. They all report smaller class sizes & the ratio of students to services was much more favourable than they had found in public school. Now, one of the 3, is having issues with English & the kids as it's not the primary language in their school, but apparently the school is adapting to solve this issue.
2016-03-28 02:03:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i attended a private, catholic actually, school from k-8. honestly, for that period of time its a lot better. it helped make public high school easier, in the sense that i was more familiar with more advanced subjects. i didnt really have to try at all to stay way ahead of the classes.
2006-10-08 12:47:54 · answer #6 · answered by ben m 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I went to public school in Canada. There is nothing wrong with our public educational system. My stepson in Louisiana is 4. He goes to pre-K. It is 7000 a year. The schooling system there is so different. Public school is looked down upon. It is just so different that what I grew up with. $7000.00 a year for Pre-K? I think that is outrageous.
2006-10-08 12:50:29 · answer #7 · answered by Fleur de Lis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are similarities and differences.
The teachers can be about the same. Slackers.
In one private school I went to French was learned in the 4th grade and Spanish in the 5th grade.
This helped me get an A in Junior High School Spanish in the 10th week in the 8th grade when I re-took it.
2006-10-08 14:26:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Take notice to the grammer in these answers, they are the product of a public education. Now which do you think is better????
2006-10-08 12:48:54 · answer #9 · answered by jr90292 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Private, which it's better
2006-10-08 12:41:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋