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That's fascinating to me, because when I was in high school, it was opposite. I visited a few private school science class labs because I was in a sort of city-

by jonlucc 11y ago

That's fascinating to me, because when I was in high school, it was opposite. I visited a few private school science class labs because I was in a sort of city-wide science club, and the ones in private schools generally had worse infrastructure and supplies. Also, one of my teachers mentioned that she considered herself payed-up for tithing to the church for the rest of her life because she worked for less pay at a Catholic school for 4 years before moving to the public school. Maybe that is unique to St. Louis, where the private schools are almost all religiously affiliated.

saganus 11y ago
Maybe it could be due to being different countries? I was talking about Mexico in this case. I'm not saying there aren't shitty private schools in Mexico. There are a lot of everything. You can find some of the best high schools and colleges from the public side, as well as from the private. But in general I found that here most private schools had at least nicer infrastructure. Maybe teachers were a mixed bag since you can also have old school catholic/religious institutions that would have really retrograde teachers, but again, at least in the infrastructure side money did seem to buy much better things. That might also have to do with the fact that taxes in Mexico are not prioritized for education and so most public schools are really lacking in pretty much everything. Students and teachers basically put a significant part of the expense in school materials as well as things like paint for the buildings, repairing broken bathrooms, etc. It's a really dire situation that gets worse every day. Under this context then, a private institution that can raise a significant amount of money from parents, will usually manage to make a very big difference. We are talking about the difference between having a public college where most bathrooms were non functional, had no toiler paper or soap (so pretty much only running water if that) vs a private college where there is a Starbucks inside campus and other such amenities (like fully functional bathrooms and plenty of them, etc). Same thing for labs and of course the students capacity to buy newer (or even any kind) of laptops, etc. Same thing for high schools where there is no space to play sports vs having a fully stocked gymnasium with a soccer field, showers, etc. I guess that was my view at least.

by jonlucc 11y ago

saganus 11y ago

Maybe it could be due to being different countries? I was talking about Mexico in this case. I'm not saying there aren't shitty private schools in Mexico. There are a lot of everything. You can find some of the best high schools and colleges from the public side, as well as from the private. But in general I found that here most private schools had at least nicer infrastructure. Maybe teachers were a mixed bag since you can also have old school catholic/religious institutions that would have really retrograde teachers, but again, at least in the infrastructure side money did seem to buy much better things. That might also have to do with the fact that taxes in Mexico are not prioritized for education and so most public schools are really lacking in pretty much everything. Students and teachers basically put a significant part of the expense in school materials as well as things like paint for the buildings, repairing broken bathrooms, etc. It's a really dire situation that gets worse every day. Under this context then, a private institution that can raise a significant amount of money from parents, will usually manage to make a very big difference. We are talking about the difference between having a public college where most bathrooms were non functional, had no toiler paper or soap (so pretty much only running water if that) vs a private college where there is a Starbucks inside campus and other such amenities (like fully functional bathrooms and plenty of them, etc). Same thing for labs and of course the students capacity to buy newer (or even any kind) of laptops, etc. Same thing for high schools where there is no space to play sports vs having a fully stocked gymnasium with a soccer field, showers, etc. I guess that was my view at least.