Private education

Have you/would you send your kids to a private school? Just asking like!

If the education they would receive is better, yes. That is all that is important at the end of the day.

If it would curtail their use of “like” at the end of sentences most definitely (joke!!)

In my experience there are only a few differences between private schools and a good comprehensive, however just a few small things can transform the educational environment. The ethos of the private school system really reflects in the fact that there is no shame associated with achieving good grades, you aren’t a “swot” to your peers and there is little classroom disruption as the council can’t prevent persistent troublemakers being expelled.

Hopefully if I start saving now I’d be able to send my kids (if I have any) to a private school… I’m deeply annoyed that I feel the education system isn’t up to scratch and I’m forced to spend that kind of money but I guess it’s an investment in their future… and at the end of the day they pick my nursing home.

doesnt work im afraid you're better off handing them a copy of the economist- that should sort them out.

i would say private school is a waste of time and money. if your kid is intellegent enough then they will succeed whatever school they are put in- they dont need some fancy uniform for that to happen.

and the fact the amount of competition in private schools is so awful for children so young- half way through they just gave up cause there was always some spiteful slut to put you down.

also not forgetting the tiny detail that private school girls are the biggest B I T C H E S on the planet----THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS.

You get dumb****s in private schools and dumb****s in state schools and you get geniuses alike.

Point being, the dumb****s in state schools aren't costing their parents a fortune to get mollycoddled through school solely because they're paying their way there.

My son is in a private school, it's expensive, religious and 12 kms from home, but we had no choice
The school in our village is terribly bad, the results are so bad, there is no education there, so since 2 years he is in this private school.
I can't work the hours i want/need to, i refused some jobs because of that because i need to drive him there ..... no bus ..... So it's a lot of sacrifices, and for the price too, it's so expensive, but as i said we had no choice.

Now i must said, the change in my son is great, he can work properly by himself, take care of his books etc ... write correctly, knows the rules, no fights with "friends", they know they can't there, they'd be punished right away
Really, no regret.

I hope our school near the house will change when Rachel needs to go there but unfortunely i don't think so, so she'll go to James' school too. I'll need a better salary then


Not only to see with the kids but parents of course and TEACHERS !

My son has an IQ of 137 (something like that), he passed the tests when he was 6. I consider he is "intelligent".
That's why we said yes when a psychologist proposed to test him, because his results was not very good but he appeared to be a very clever kid. In fact he used to work only when the subject was interesting for him ... as an example he found results of equation but he couldn't explained in fact .... He's sometimes not mature like other kids of his age and he is a very very sensitive child.

Some teachers in public school can deal with kids like him, but the reality is that the "normal system" is not adapted for kids like him, sad.
In the school he is (we first had a meeting with the director and teachers to see if they could have him in the school) they are very interested by the situation and they adapt sometimes to those kids. (he's not the only one) We are informed about everything, in fact the communication between the school and the parents is one of the keys of success.

We've been told to send him in a system like Montessory or other schools for "genius" we are lucky because we have one here at 30 kms but 400 euros per months !!!!!!!!!!!! we just can't !

I think with a good communication with the teacher and a good work, not always different but adapted to the kid it can work fine. No matter if it's in a private school or not. But it's true that the teachers in the public are rarely concerned enough to do a good job with kids who are not exactly like all the others ...... i met only two in 6 years .....

In the private school where my son is i can be sure we all "work together", i knew it when i met the director and the team, i trusted them and maybe i could have found this in a public school, but i had just 2 month to find one school ..... i stopped searching when i found this one.

If working in a disruption free environment amounts to mollycoddling then so be it. I’ve seen guys so stupid it’s unbelievable get a couple of highers because the school had the time and resources to bring out their potential where other mates I have who went to the local comp but were a little smarter got hooked up in a bad crowd and tuned out (The really sad amongst you might want to look up some David Matza or L. Yablonski stuff into youth deviance). The teachers didn’t want to know about them either, they were just glad if they shut-up for most of the 40 minutes and left for the next class.

I agree, the Über-smart will always be Über-smart … they may just get the shed kicked out of them a bit more at a comp… boo hoo for them, though the average and below average students seem to raise their game a bit… I know that I have real organisational issues and if I hadn’t gone to a fairly disciplinarian school I think I would have utterly floundered.

I hear what you are saying about a lot of people with attitude problems though, Panama, but just like a anywhere you find your niche and your friends and ignore the arse-clowns. I disagree about the uniforms though, they were actually one of the highlights of my school years … but that’s a different thread all together.

This has absolutely nothing to do with the thread, but are you typing your posts in Word or something? Those "'s look kinda odd for someone just typing, looks more like Words automatic "enhancement".

Ice

workign in a disruption free environment isn;'t mollycoddlign but a situation where the kids parents basically pay your salary means you'll do whatever the **** necesarry to pass them wether they're deserving of it or not.

In response to the idea of folk being left to drown in high school. The teachers don't bother with the driftwood which although not exactly morally nice, it means once they drop out and resign themselves to sitting outside the bookies consuming buckfast every day, the people with potential are left in peace the last coupla years that actually matter.

I would only consider sending any children I may have to a private school if I felt in that specific situation that it would be better for them. I wouldn't want it to make arrogant or anything like that, but if it provided them with a better standard of education then yes I would.

I agree with Jim though, if a child is intelligent then they can do well in most schools, and I think it can also be down to what they do at home, as home schooling could be a good option too, albeit that could leave them with a lack of good social skills.