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Originally posted by Andrew Dahl
as a teacher in a public school a take severe umbrage to the blanket statement of "public schools are a joke".
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That comment also bugged me. I've always been in public school. My school has one of the highest numbers of National Merit Scholars of any non-prep school in the state. The arts or other types of private schools in our area will maybe have one or two NM Scholars. I think that says something about the quality of public schools. Public schools also offer many of the same specialty classes as private schools. Maybe I just have this viewpoint because my parents both teach at public schools, but my mom has long said that she'd rather me go to my school than any of the private high schools in our area (she used to teach at a private school and knows why first hand). Just thought I'd say something about that. Also, you could go to one of the worst schools in the country, whether it be private or public, and still be able to work your hardest and excel and maybe even get into the college of your choice. The same is true if you go to a good school..you could do no work and then where do you benefit?
~Angela who can't believe she had that much to say on the topic