I don't think I'd send my children to private school. In my opinion if you have time and money, you should probably invest some of that time into teaching your own children and then expose them to the general public via public school to socialize them. That said, with some of the behavior in public schools these days you have to be diligent to keep on top of what is happening with your children. My reasoning is as follows. 1) My older brother attended Saint Andrew's School through middle school and half of high school. Tuition there for middle school is $39,455, for high school it is $42,690, and for boarding school it is $72,420 per year. From my observation the education isn't necessarily better, it's more so that you are exposed to a private boys club of wealthy families. When people pay big money for their kids to attend school they have better behavior in the classroom so that is an advantage over public school, but on it's own the subject matter is relatively similar. You may study Latin as an extracurricular or something to that extend, but the bread and butter of the daily education is the same. It's mainly just a networking experience that I'd say psychologically damages kids. It's all about who is richer than one another, what Ivy League School your father went to, and stupid shit like that. It skews your perspective on life and leaves you ungrounded in reality. This can lead to a psychological break later in life... 2) My aunt's family own's the top ranked private school in Florida... Tuition runs roughly $40,000 a year as well. My cousins attended school there. I would say they are educated to a similar level as many well performing public school students, but they are socially awkward I guess you could say. Schools don't just teach content, they teach character. The character that is taught isn't always healthy for a developing mind. So for example, my father attended St. Ann's High School and the nuns use to yell at him and smack his hands with rulers so on and so forth. It was strict and rigid... It made him relatively nonreligious as an adult, but Charles Whitman who went to school with him became a Manchurian Candidate and became the Texas Tower Sniper... The character you are taught when you are developing can make you or it can break you. Young minds are fragile... I don't want my kids ending up like this...
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In the US, since education is largely supported by local provider taxes, the quality varies widely. Wealthy parent have two choices: that can move to a wealthy school district with higher home prices, or they can send their children to private school..
For high school, possibly and most likely only sons. I'd still prefer to do most of their education at home and only send them to a private school if they're extremely ambitious and I wouldn't be able to teach them myself/hire tutors/sign them up for additional courses. Any kind of organized education is indoctrination and I'd rather do things my way when they're young and impressionable.
Here are some pics of our UWC international school in Wales. It's pretty much Hogwarts for rich kids.
Would I send my kids? Yes because I don't have the skills to help them navigate the super-rich world. These kids aren't being prepped to flip burgers.
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Absolutely. I live in Arizona, and if you know Arizona, we are known for having one of the worst public school systems in the country. You only get better options if you live in nicer areas, or private school. There is absolutely no way I’d put my kid through the Arizona public school system. I’d move out of the state before I let that happen.
I'm a former public school teacher. The single biggest influence on student performance is a combination of their diligence and parental involvement (often the former is determined by the latter). If your fellow students are not focused on their academic performance, your child is wasting their time, regardless of where it is.
I'd avoid sending them to an American public school. Homeschool or perhaps a montessori. You never know when the state will mandate that children at their schools eat live grubs, and maniacs have a larger supply of potential victims if they want to invade the place.
I might consider if the private school was local. I wouldn't send my kid to be raised by someone else for 11 months though. So we would just homeschool
Doesn't matter if I'm rich. If I have kids, they are going to private school or homeschool. I will only eat once a week if that's what it takes to afford private school for them.
If very very rich then I'd certainly think about it. Not only because they'd get a better education, but they'd make connections with people more familiar with their lifestyle.
If the private school was purely academic and not religious then yes but if it is religious no.
Of course haha, by the Grace of God I definitely will. A Christian boarding school actually
No, I would still rather have my kids homeschooled and be able to control 100% of what they are learning. Whether a parent teaches them or we pay someone to teach exactly what we prefer our kids to learn and at what ages.
Schools have been getting steadily worse in the last 20 years. Then Covid came along and they re now in free fall. The teachers union have taken over. They are getting rid of standardized tests and nobody gets held accountable. If my kids were still in school I would have them all in private school.
The public schools here are good, in fact really good. The private schools seem to exist more for pushing a right-wing ideology, and their test scores are consistently worse than the public schools. I'll keep my kid in his public school.
u it would depend on the area... then it might be better to go public or private
I would, but I would choose an American school
I am paying to have my 3 children homeschooled in 3 of 4 subjects I will teach the 4th. In addition they will be free to choose any skills they want to learn and I will make sure they have the classes
It would depend on where we live. In my area we have pretty good public schools. But if it was a a different area where the public schools weren't as good, I'd aim for private
Absolutely. I certainly wouldn't want them in an American public school.
If I had kids I'd homeschool them. I don't want any kids though.
Yes , I certainly would if I could afford , my kids did attend private schools but not super expensive ones , I could pay and I did.
If I ever had children I would send them to a local private school.
No, unless it was a school which wasn't elitist and took poor kids.
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