Public or Private School?

[Aggie]

My husband and I disagree about this all the time. I'm private, he's public.

However if Mojo ever becomes a public school teacher my kids must be in his history class. That's my one exception.

[Friday]

it depends where you live.
if the town has a good system, then i say go public.
but if the resources are sub-par and you have the means to give your kid a better education... then go private.

[A.J.]

My parents sent me to private school because the public schools were full of drug dealers.

[Poll Lover]

Pubic skool for me

[drusilla]

product of public schools & have a good career.

so is my brother who's a lawyer & my boyfriend who's a surgeon.

it really depends on the person.

some people go to private school & don't really get the education or training they needed to succeed in life.

[JPMNICK]

i have never been around more drugs then at a private school. Public school better prepares you for real life, since you have to deal with people from all over

[Furtherman]

Tough call. Depends on where you live. One gives you street smarts, the other book smarts. Either way, I will hug them both in a firery embrace.

[ToiletCrusher]

public schools raise more of an awareness for diversity.

[Chuck Norris]

Private all the way. Public schools are for savages.

[~Katja~]

public... the private schools that are not catholic schools around here cost 20k a year... who can afford that?

[drjoek]

Product of the catholic school system myself and my kids. I just wrote my LAST high school tuition check this month. Both of my kids got into the college of their choice.

[Chuck Norris]

public... the private schools that are not catholic schools around here cost 20k a year... who can afford that?

It's your kids future. You can't put a price on that. My daughter is going private all the way. No religious bullshit teaching her about how "God" made everything and evolution is a theory.

[~Katja~]

Product of the catholic school system myself and my kids. I just wrote my LAST high school tuition check this month. Both of my kids got into the college of their choice.

if it's a good school and you can afford it, sure... but I have seen the curriculum and teachings of the local Catholic school and it lacks a lot... I prefer my kid to learn reading and writing and math before he worries about the depths of the bible 2/3rds of the education... having to take extra lessons to catch up on basic skills.

[~Katja~]

It's your kids future. You can't put a price on that. My daughter is going private all the way. No religious bullshit teaching her about how "God" made everything and evolution is a theory.

sure I can put a price on it, the price of what I can afford.

[Chuck Norris]

sure I can put a price on it, the price of what I can afford.

Well if it absolutely can't be done it can't be done and that really sucks, but the pros definitely outweigh the cons anyway you look at it.