Do you think public is better. I do. I went to a public for 8 years, and now attend a private school for high school. And i must say the atmosphere is much more competitive, and the academics are just not as strong. What do you think?

i love public schools and i would never go to a private seems boring.

More similar isn't always better.

And I don't get the vibe from you blue, but try not to judge people at Bowdoin who aren't upper-middle.. I feel like I am a lot here, but that could just be my roomie.

I go to a public high school. It's not the greatest, but the AP/honors classes are very rigorous. More importantly, though, I am being exposed to all different kinds of people from all different socioeconmoic backgrounds. My parents could have sent me to the local private school where I'd be around upper-middle class elitists (like myself), but they decided to send to the school that would be more similar to "real life".

I will be going to a private college where I'll will undoubtedly be around people who are more similar to me.

My high school was public, but it was a great system. The private school I got into was definitely challenging (I was able to do a summer program), but way too expensive for the school year. There are other private schools around my high school, but one of them is almost worse in terms of its math and science. Literature is the only thing it would beat us on... Wow, I am tired...

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It's not whether the school is private or public, it's the education system.

I agree. I went to a private school, and sometimes it wasn't the best in the world.

I think any school is good depending on the teachers, the classes, and what someone gets out of it.

public schools are better. the end

Any school is nice. It doesn't matter whether you go to a private school or a public one as long as you have education. Be thankful that you are in a school and stop whining.

It also depends on teachers. Last year our english teacher made us do so mny written essays that were almost ten pages long (two a quarter) and then a huge research paper at least 13 pages long. We had to do everything in little time, and no one got to bed until after mindight, if lucky. She was "preparing" us for college. But my school also focuses in individuals. It makes sure that every student is well off the college, and help you in any way you need. As much as i feel stupid to say this, at my private school you feel like you can motivate yourself and take responsibility. They train you to. My friend came from a public school and said it was a war zone. You dont know everybody like you do here, and everyone is rude, to others and teachers. One kid left us for public and regrets it. He said that he misses his friends and doesnt feel as if the school really cares at all like our private school does. I left public school when i was little b/c I had bad asthma, and the nurse didnt want to give me my treatments, and the teachers werent helpful. I think it varies though on where you go.

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I'm just saying I've been influenced ten times better than my public school friends have...

It depends how you want to be influenced. No thanks to catholic school for me.

I love public school, though i think I could have gained something from a secular private school like the one my friend goes to in N. CA.

It's not whether the school is private or public, it's the education system.

Personally, I love public school. There's academic rivalry based on personal interest in being the best, not because the atmosphere forces academic cutthroat-ness.

I think that it all depends on the school, and the people who go there. For elemntary I went
to a private school. When I reached middle school I went to a public school...and it just wasnt the best crowd of people that went there. I switched out and went to another public school, were academic wise it is very cmpetetive. Truly it may as well be a private school.

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Originally posted by CBB318:
Do you think public is better. I do. I went to a public for 8 years, and now attend a private school for high school. And i must say the atmosphere is much more competitive, and the academics are just not as strong. What do you think?

I'm currently attending Gonzaga Prep high school in Spokane. Yes, it's a catholic school. From first to (soon to be) twelveth grade, I've attented a Catholic school. I look at some of my friends who have either transferred to or from a private school from or to a public school or I talk to some of my friends who've gone to public school all my life. I classify my friends as "Catholic" "Non Catholic At Prep" "Public" "Open" ("Open" meaning they've just recently transferred to private/Catholic). When I look at Public/Open, it's like looking at someone threw stained glass. I don't see all of them, because some part of them is opaque to the world. I'm not saying pay the 6,000$ a year to send your child to a Catholic or private school. I'm just saying I've been influenced ten times better than my public school friends have...

I'm not really sure which is better, for my entier school life, from kindergarden to year 11 I went to a Private all Girls School. I can honestly say that the teachers and facilities were alot better compared to public schools but alot of the time, the girls at my school where stuck up b*****, but with that said, they are all still my good friends. It just depends on whatever floats your boat I guess. I don't know what public education is like, but I am going to find out soon, I start TAFE soon. Eeep.

I really thought this thread died about three years ago...and that it belongs in School & Education.

Yeup I def think that private schools are better than public. I've never gone to a public school but I hear things from ppl around me. Most of the ppl in my neighborhood attend the same private school as me but we have a few kids at our school on a scholarship and they always tell us how much better our school is and how bad the public school was. You never thinkg Beverly Hills High would be called bad but they say compared to the private school it's not that great. I know that I will send my children to private schools. Yes, they are extremely costly...my parents pay 40,000 a year for my twin and I to attend the high school and 25,000 a year for my younger sisters to go to grade school. It's costly, but we get a lot of college classes and stuff like that. Plus it's smaller and a much safer atmosphere. We have security all around the school, it's gated so you can only get on the campus w/ a school ID, and there are cameras all over. Everyone has to dress nicely...none of that gothic crap and all that weird stuff ppl pull now a days. A uniform/dress code is enforced. I wouldn't change my school for the world.

Well I have gone to a public high school for my whole life but I have now switched to a private school and will be going there for the rest of high school. I live in a small town and our school (K-12) did not offer any advanced or AP classes, you were all in the same classes. Also they did not have any classes what so ever for arty people so that is why I switched. I do think that it is not a matter of private vs public, it is a matter of what is right for you, each person is differnet

Being from a private school, I do not like being called stuck up. I have been in a private Christian school since kindergarten and have loved every minute of it. The whole school (K-12)
consists of about 190 people, so I know everybody. I also love it because all the teachers know you by name. Anyway, most of the kids in my school are not rich, most are middle class and some are just plain ol' country hicks (nothing wrong with that).

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that was a good reply.It kind of a way to seperate rich from poor or middle class.Why can't public schools be like?

Well, I don't know if i can really talk since I've never been to a private school. But I can say that I went to a public school for nine years, and I just started my freshman year at an "alternate" high school. What does this mean? An alternate high school is one that offers IB(international baccaloriate) classes. When you gradguate you not only have a high school degree but you also have a IB degree, which is recognized all around the world. This place is great, the classes are interesting, the atmosphere is friendly, and you get all sorts of new oppurtunites. So I pick secret option number 3, alternate high school!

Luv yall,

Steph