I applaud MrsMac for having her opiniona nd coming out and saying what she felt. I went to a public school and I feel I got a great education. There is a couple of Doctors, Engineers etc in my graduating class. I am a firm believer of the public system and even though I dont have kids yet, I will send them to a public school.
My DP went to an expensive ($20 000) a year private school. I dont think he got anything better out of it. My dad went to Hale School in Perth and hes a mechanic. I dont think that private schools are worth the money.
Sorry Bath - did you only go to one secondary school? Maybe not, but I went to three and it was the public one that promoted striving, personal excellence and fantastic scores.....
I did not mean anything I said as a personal attack on you Bath and I am sorry you have taken it as such. I did not call you "snooty" just private schools themselves.
I merely used it as an opportunity to voice my opinions in the same way you did.
I agree NK... but she could have expressed her opinion without putting my choices down so tactlessly. I did say that I believe in the public system as the ideal way... but it's a bit like the private vs public health system. Is anyone, if given the choice, going to stick with the public system even if it means risking your health by remaining on a waiting list for surgery when (if you go private) you could have the surgery tomorrow??? I have a degree of distain for people who upgrade their car every year "just because" they like to drive a nice car.... but that's the kind of thought I would keep to myself
I think there is good and bad about any school. I can't look at it as private vs public but more school vs school.
Df is a maths teacher atm in the catholic system and over the years where he is now he feels its gone downhill. From a great school to one he wouldn't recommend people send there kids. From speaking with other teachers he gets an idea what schools are good or bad and the teachers in the private system aren't nessecarilly any better.
Like I said I think it comes down to the school and possibly the area also. Some areas do not have any decent public schools so your hands are tied.
We have a couple good public schools nearby, one where people actually tried to bribe the principal to get into and house prices jump up just being in the catchment area.
Cos the private one I went to felt like the dark ages compared to the public school I headed to right after that. I wasn't used to being given as much responsibility and say in my education, I wasn't used to feeling a little more 'equal' to the teacher in the private systerm as I was in the public. It was very much a respect thing, but you still had to earn it. I liked that waaaay better
It very very much depends on the school itself (and the teachers within the walls). Probably why my privately educated psychologist father was happier with the school I ended up at (oh the atheism could have had a bit to do with it too)..
I went to public primary and secondary, and could not fault them. They encouraged you to strive for what you were best at and wanted to do. DH went to public primary and secondary and also some time at a private high school which he hated and left to go to public.
Plan is that our kids will go to public schools, where we love we actually have no secondary schools close by but at least plenty of good primary schools
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