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For your education: What area were you in? Could it be that it was a rough area? My experience in the GTA is that there definitely are better/worse schools, bu
by johntiger1 3y ago
For your education:
What area were you in? Could it be that it was a rough area? My experience in the GTA is that there definitely are better/worse schools, but there's less elitism in that doctors/CEOs/lawyers will still send their kids to good public schools and private schools are not especially known for academic eliteness (in fact, the most elite academic schools in the GTA are all public, with the exception of 1)
- alephnerd 3y agoVancouver suburbs and also rural BC. Also, the curriculum is absolutely behind the US. What I learnt in 4th grade in BC was what I learnt in California in 2nd grade. I actually got pushed up a grade for that reason (and got screwed over when we ended up moving back to the US). > doctors/CEOs/lawyers will still send their kids to good public schools and private schools are not especially known for academic eliteness Same in the US. There's a reason why the most expensive houses in the US are in the best school districts. For example, in the Bay Area, houses in San Francisco are cheaper than those in good catchment districts of Santa Clara County, San Mateo County, Alameda County, and Contra Costa County. I ended up in one of those top public HSes in the Bay and my classmates were all extremely well off (middle/upper level management at FAANGs and even a couple CEOs of top tech companies). It's the same in Seattle (Bellvue, Redmond), Chicago (North Burbs), NYC (parts of NJ and Hudson River Valley), etc. Markham and Fremont aren't all that different, except Fremont has more Millionaires and Billionaires, and much more pan-Asian. Back in Canada, Chinese, Indians, Pinoy, etc were definitely more segregated than in the US.