Gabz,
Sorry, numbers don’t lie. As a whole Public schools cannot hold a candle to a private school. Are there some bad private schools? Sure, there are always exceptions to the rule.
However, as a whole public schools cannot remotely compete with Private, they are hamstrung by political requirements, not educational ones.
I really encourage you to read “The Closing of the American Mind”, and you might get a bit enlightened what exactly goes on in the education of even the “better” public schools, and see what the end product they generally produce is.
When God, boy scouts and traditional values are the enemy, and hedonism is just another lifetstyle choice, this is not an environment that will produce rational thinking adults, it is impossible.
But liars are known to manipulate numbers........
I have acknowleged there are problems with public schools, I would be wearing blinders to not, however, your overly broad generalization refuses to acknowlege there are far more exceptions to the rule than are noticed.
When God, boy scouts and traditional values are the enemy, and hedonism is just another lifetstyle choice, this is not an environment that will produce rational thinking adults, it is impossible.
They are not the enemy where I live. Prayer requests are a normal part of morning announcements, boy scouts not only recruit at the schools but hold meetings in several of them, and personal responsibility, which I consider a traditional value, is expected of everyone.
As parents the education of our children is OUR responsibility, and it is OUR responsibility to see to it that our daughter is educated in the best possible manner available to us. Her education does not start and stop at the school doors, itis an ongoning 24/7 thing. That we CHOSE a public school system for part of that process does not make us foolish or bad parents, it is the decision we made. If at some point we find the decision to have been incorrect, changes can and will be made.