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Originally Posted by Moses
Public school, private school. Unless you are in an area that has bad public schools or have a child with special needs, it's much the same. PARENTING is what makes the difference.
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yep.
in areas with good public schools (there are a lot of them), the private school teachers are generally public school teacher rejects. There are no standards for private school teachers, a lot of them don't even have any teaching credential or education at all. The public school teachers are all going to have 4 years degrees plus at least one more year at a university for a teaching credential.
the public school teachers get paid more, often much more, and also have much better benefits. In good areas, the public school job is the one that those going into K-12 teaching seek. This is from direct experience.
this does not apply to really bad or war-zone school districts. only to those with very good public schools.
private elementary school kids are in a way "sheltered from the realities of life" because they are not really subject to any standards, either. Unless they are disruptive to the business, private school elementary students are always going to be "doing super." Because if the parents believe the kid is not, that's a lost customer. it's like karate, or tennis, etc. lessons for kids. of course, the kid has great potential, doing great, the next bruce lee or andre agassi, etc.
but anyways, totally agree, unless the kid has some kind of special needs, or the public schools are horrible (and that IS the case with a lot of public schools, no doubt), a kid's success is a FUNCTION OF HIS/HER OWN PARENTS.