All 3 at some point.
I was homeschooled until 4th grade and again in 7th. I absolutely loved it. I could get all my work for the week done in a day or two and had the rest of the week free. I have always been a self-starter and never needed anyone telling me what to do. Math was my weakness, but I had a friend in church whose mother was a teacher and the pastor's wife so she would tutor me for 2 hours every Sunday. I felt in control of my own life and loved learning.
I went to 2 private schools in 7th grade. One was the same school mentioned above in the homeschool section. I had to switch to their homeschool program (same curriculum as those attending in person) due to my grandmother's health making her unable to drive and the school did not have busses. I loved that school, though I loved the homeschooling better. They were a non-denominational Christian school that did not judge those who did not make church every Sunday and respected that I had my own church already. I did not have any friends there, but at least I was left alone in peace. The other was a Catholic private school and I hated it. I was not from a wealthy family like most of them and was picked on for it. I was bullied mentally, but not physically. I was judged for being a protestant, for objecting to their mandatory church attendance, because I opposed the practice of Hail Marys and because I could not afford to keep my uniform as nice as the others and did not know how to properly tie a tie.
Public school I hated with a passion. I could not stay out of fights because of merciless bullying and useless teachers and school admin. I only made it through because one teacher saw my worth.
It was through Public School and it was okay I mean I wish that I would have better teachers that actually cared a little bit more and probably held me back I've got sick when I was really young and I was at school for almost a year to a year and a half so basically it was 2 years of school but I missed out on so much and learning so much but my teachers every year would just keep me going and I wish they really wouldn't have done that so I love knowledge I love learning things each and every day
I changed schools thrice and moved to a whole different country once.. lol. All 3 times, I attended only private schools. From 1st till 7th grade, I attended a private school near my house. I did not like it as much because the discipline was too much and I hated those uniforms. I was also bullied from 4th till 7th grade, so there’s that..
I moved to the UK for a year. I studied 8th grade there, and I attended a private school in Birmingham. I loved the education system, I made a couple of new friends and the school was overall amazing. I had to move again in a year though and I went to one of the best schools in my state from 9th till 12th grade.
The coaching was very rigorous as they prepared us for some national and international exams. We had tests almost every week and we had to attend offline classes sometimes whenever the covid cases went down. We even had to give a test on Sunday AND Monday.
I am extremely satisfied with my home school education because I am receiving an education instead of an indoctrination. At age 12, I tested at the 12th grade level and that is better than it appears since a majority of 12th grade students would test at no more than the 10th grade level.
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B & C for me. I changed schools after my 2nd year during my high school/secondary because my first school (a state public school) failed me with no homework and no teachers to be found on many occasions. My parents knew my grades were in trouble so made the decision to move schools. While the second private school was a great school the fees for it were costly (cost the price of a small car every year). I was the 2nd member of my family to ever attend a private school. As I knew my dad worked hard to support me, I wanted to make sure his trust and investment in me would not lead to disappointment. It didn't. One thing I remembered about the private school is how relaxed the environment was and attentive the teachers were. The quality of teaching was superb so it allowed me to fully focus on my studies. As I was really poor with maths coming from the state school it took me a long while to get my maths back in order but I got there in the end after 3 years of hard study. I excelled in academia from that point onwards and eventually got my college A-levels and BA degrees at uni.
But I also remembered there were guys I met in the private school who actually never seemed to appreciate their time there, and actually failed in their final exams (and I felt at the time, failed their parents also because of the money they'd spent to get them in there). They were the guys who mucked around in class all the time and never focused on their studies ever. There was more than a handful I saw. Sad considering I was only there for 3 years and they were there for the full 5.
All the above both had good and bad there is only one solution both at the same time hybrid schooling! Go to public school 2 days one week and three the following week. You get the best of both parents get days off and public schools can hold more students. There are so many benefits to list!
www.greatschools.org/.../
https://homeschoolsuperfreak.com/hybrid-schooling/
Just to throw some confusion into the ring. Here in the UK. Public school is actually what you call a private school and a private school is public.
So all your rich funded kids in the UK go to public school. Normal kids go private, or what we call state owned/comprehensive.
But to answer the question, I wasn't happy. The teachers kept going on strike!
I experimented both, with public being my high school. Public was my worst experience out of the two, but both are equally problematic in my opinion. The government dictates what's taught and what's not, so the difference goes down to how the services are offered and how much they cost.
I was in public school but part of the gifted program and visual arts program in high school and I hated the academic elitism cause it made me feel excluded and isolated. In grade 12, they got rid of the gifted program and I became a regular student and my grades improved because I went from being the dummy in my gifted class to being the averages student in my regular class.
I attended public schools in a somewhat affluent Long Island school district. (WE were NOT affluent - we literally lived "on the wrong side of the tracks".) It was a very good school experience which helped me considerably both in life and for my private college education that followed. THAT education - college - was good, but the education I really got there was not from the classes but from having to deal with the insanity of human nature.
From kindergarten to a Master of Engineering degree using 100% California public schools. It was a good education, for the price, which was a fraction of the cost of private schooling.
My K-8 education was fine, while high school (9-12) was mediocre. The state colleges I attended were very good, and the state university where I went to grad school was in fact excellent.
Decent public skool system with enough resources to compel my achievements without stressing me out. I probably got more than i deserved at the time, but i’m grateful for those opportunities now. Public education is all but a complete failure at this point. People are collectively dumber than they’ve been since the middle ages and more confident than ever that they’re never wrong.
I pray for a planet killing meteor or super volcano at least once a week.
Mostly, non-public schooling in some form except university and grad school. I think my parents made the right decision as related to securing a good education.
I went to Catholic (private) elementary and high schools, and to a public college. I'm very satisfied with the education I received.
I went to public school until seventh grade, then I was homeschooled for eighth, and then I went to an independent study school/charter high school.
I found it all to be unsatisfying, all for different reasons.
u a combination of all three, and through the years...
a whole of it, I schooled myself
Publicly. I'm satisfied with my public education, and my states education system is better than most. But I'm not satisfied with my countries public education system overall.
I went to public school. i was not as well prepared in math as all the other students when I went to college. I did not know any trigonometry which made being an engineering major difficult
I've done both. I only did one year in a private school. It was a Christian school and my parents pulled me out of there after I told them some of the shit they were teaching us.
Public school was a little bit hell for me, because I was bullied a lot in the public school, and I was also friendless for half a year. But the moments with my buddies were mostly fun.
Public school up to my early teens, then privately until graduating into university.
I did both. The potential to get ahead in private school is there because the teachers are more personal. There were bad experiences with both as well.
Thankfully, college came along and helped fill the voids.
Can say that the public education I rec'd was better than that my son got.
He's doing well, but not bc he didn't get a raft of tutoring at home.
I’m so jealous of kids who got to go to private school. Fuck you guys.
Public elementary through high school, private 4 year college, public grad school.
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