Most people think private schools are far superior to public schools, but that may not be so.
I have a different viewpoint in the direction of Public Schools. I consider Public school education is just as high-quality as Private Schools. I experienced that the students are better-rounded, both scholastically and worldly, when in public schools. As a public school graduate, I feel that I have been exposed to all types of diversity and situations that have made me better adapted for the real world.
Whereupon being enrolled in a public school, I was faced with many real outside world problems which are experienced with a different blend of students each year. The High School I attended in my junior and senior year I experienced a widespread ethnic society.
While attending a public school, children view the wide spread cultures and human beings that make up today's American society. In my opinion, Public schools have a wider variety of classes, which give students an opportunity to choose the curriculum they want.
These classes permit students to pursue a career from the knowledge they have obtained. For instance, one might take a business class, which might lead to a career in the business industry.
We see that children in public schools often come out with a similar quality of education as private school students while being in a more diverse environment and coming out more well rounded. Public schools seem to better prepare students for the real world as opposed to just academic challenges which private schools gear towards.
I have been influenced throughout my life by wonderful teachers. My Public School teachers taught me that I could be anything I wanted to be. They taught me that it was important to do well in school so that I could grow...
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By 'public' I suppose you mean 'state schools' - they are called different things in the UK. 'Public' I think is the word we use to describe you you would describe as a 'private' school, and a 'state' school here is a school run by the government. It's all so confusing!
I liked your essay - I thought is was a lovely point about the diversity that state schools can bring, and about how they prepare you a lot more for life. I would agree with you on that.
I don't know what its like in the US though, but over here (not so much in the South, but in the North of England, Ireland and Scotland) the state schools are so underfunded. Although my own school was a good school in terms of exam passes, it was in a really terrible condition. We have no sports facilities, the art department had no paints or materials. In the winter there would be buckets in all the corridors to catch the drips from the ceiling - because when it rained (which is practically every day in Scotland) all the ceilings would leak. Whenever it was windy all the windows would break or blow in. Parts of the building had to be cordoned off because the building itself was dangerously unsafe. It was damp, cold, miserable and our courtyard used to flood annually and we would have to wade through the water to get to our classes. The pipes would freeze annually and we would be left without heating when it was freezing cold outside and snowing. I could go on forever. It is not a nice environment to grow up in, and these sorts of schools are pretty much the norm in Scotland. It is depressing, demoralising and we were often (although we looked down on the public schoolies) a little jealous of their resources. Yet despite all that, our school used to get better exam grades every year than the local public school. So in saying that there must be something in hardship that makes people work!
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