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Here is the problem with public school – it seems that it is an anti-intellectual place. I was bullied quite a lot in school (I was skinny, academically incline
by w00pla 17y ago
Here is the problem with public school – it seems that it is an anti-intellectual place. I was bullied quite a lot in school (I was skinny, academically inclined and have extremely bad eye sight).
It seems that bullies single out people who do well academically to bully. In a lot of public schools, it seems that the focus is more on sport (and other activities) than education. In some public schools, teachers are lazy – due to the lack of performance evaluation and strong unions.
I marked one of my own record exams because the teacher was too lazy to mark it himself. He was angry at me because I insisted to have the subject in higher grade (he pushed everyone to take standard grade so that he doesn’t have to compose two tests).
Certainly, a private school would be better. But parents should have the choice on how their children are schooled (whether in private school, home school or religious school). It seems that every group wants children to be schooled in their public schools to teach them their ideology. This is BS.
The government should be forced to give vouchers to people who send their children to private school (instead of forcing to pay twice for education if they don’t want the mediocre government education).
- mazuhl 17y agoAmerican culture has no place for the jock-nerd. You are either an all-American jock or a nerd (pencil-necked, or mobidly-obese).
- w00pla 17y agoI’m not American, but these things seem universal – sport jocks (rugby, football, etc…), ineffectual unionized teachers and anti-intellectualism. It seems public education systems are everywhere uninspiring at best.
- chadgeidel 17y agoPrivate schools aren't a panacea either. I went to a private (Christian) school through 10th grade and my public school experience in my Junior and Senior years was like a breath of fresh air. Granted private schools vary widely, but I felt I had more educational opportunities at the public school with the availability of advanced Math, Science, and English classes. EDIT: I also wanted to say that bullying happens in ALL schools public or private.
- w00pla 17y agoMaybe. The advantage of private schools is more choice. The problem (at least here) is that public school teachers are unmotivated and discipline (of both teachers and students) is often lacking. It seems that public schools cater for the lower 40% of the population. My problem is not bullying per se, but the atmosphere around it. A school should not be sport centric (as many schools are).
- ciupicri 17y agoThere are also some really good private schools, for example The Internation Computer High School of Bucharest. Here's a list of the medals taken by some of pupils: http://www.ichb.ro/legend-of-informatics.html http://www.ichb.ro/legend-of-informatics.html