Comments on: Public vs. Charter vs. Private

By: Debrina

Debrina — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:38:03 +0000

My son goes to a private school. And we are not rich by no means. We want our son to have the best education he can get. If he needs extra help with something, the teachers are right on it. Most of the teachers at this school have a BS and Masters, plus years of teaching skills. The sports are not the best for elementary. But are great in high school. The school is small and only has 302 students this year. That includes grade 1-12th. The teachers are concerned if your child is not doing well in any subject. They will call you or meet with you before anything gets out of hand. There is no fights, no cussing, no playing around. They will not let it get that far. Everyone is friends with each other. Everyone knows each other. It’s a very friendly environment. I love the school. I wished my parents had the money to send me and my siblings when we grew up. We went to a public school. There was always fights breaking out, kids smoking and doing drugs, missing allot of school time, stealing, you name it. Nothing like that at my son’s school. They do allot of school work on god. And the teachers and office staff are always super friendly. Nothing like public. I was looking to send our son to a charter school in the area which has a 2 year waiting period to get in. But after everything I have been reading lately. I’m scared to send him to a charter and more scared to death to send him to a public. He has ADHD, and takes medicine for it. I would just freak out if someone hurt him for over his hyper, crazy personality. I just don’t know what to do anymore. I want to protect him and give him the best possible where his learning is concern.
He makes A’s & B’s now.

By: Maximus

Maximus — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:51:46 +0000

I would like to see a continuation of the topic

By: Kande

Kande — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:57:05 +0000

Public schools really aren’t as bad as you say they are. You can succeed just as easily at a Public school as you can at a private school as long as your focused and really interested in your education. I know you talked about Buckingham having bad sports and what not. High School is not primarily about sporting events and school pride, it’s about preparing yourself for college period. Private schools are great but, they don’t do a good enough job of exposing students to diverse people and situations. Most of the time kids from private schools come to college with a good education but, no common sense about how to survive independently of their parents…A SKILL THAT IS DEFINITELY NECCESSARY FOR LIFE AS A SUCCESSFUL ADULT!

By: tro

tro — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:25:37 +0000

yea rich kids likem this might think they have it bad but really they dont know what bad is. thye just like to feel bad about themselves

By: ttparker

ttparker — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 20:58:32 +0000

About the private school section. The kids and theyre families arent always happy and have good lifes. In fact probably a majority of them have pretty jacked up lifes. The kids in the private schools have parents that either have a lot of money, or the parents want them to have a good education and change into a ‘better’ person from their previous state before going to private school. Just FYI