Your children and their education...

[Immenseman]

Basically when you have children where do you want them to be educated? Public/private schools? Comprehensive? Home educated? Grammar? Or whatever else there is

[dirrty]

i'd move into the catchment area for them to go to the top comprehensive schools in my city. well thats what my mum did anyway and it worked out fine for me. but i wouldn't go private as they're just too expensive (unless i was rich yh).

[luce]

Well on guernsey its different we still have 11+ so if i lived here when i'm older i would send them to best primary which i went too and then hope they passed to the grammar school here like me then they could continue through that sixth form and get a levels and move onto uni or work.

In guernsey i wouldn't pay for them to go to the private schools here as i don't agree with them because even our comp schools are good. The 11+ generally means that you go to the right level of education for you !

if i lived in england i would go private because the public school i had to attend for a week in england repulsed me. But that was in birmingham however my uncle is a head teacher in Cornwall and has been in dudley before that and he said they're not much better.

[Bun]

defos a comprehensive school but push them. i wouldn't want them growing up thinking their gods gift and make sure they are in tune with society.

[FlyingJesus]

If I was fully rich then a private school because it is a better education obviously, but otherwise I wouldn't put them through being "the poor kids" at such a place as I've heard happen to plenty of people who've gone to public schools. I'd look more toward social reputation of a place than educational, seeing as how being my offspring they'll be gifted anyway and I'd rather they be comfortable in their school life like I was than go somewhere unpleasant. I'd push them to be great but let them know when they've achieved well rather than just expecting it and berating them when they don't - my parents are fantastic but not often praiseworthy of me and I'm lazy as you get now because there's never been a reason for me to want to do well, so I'd rather not have my children go that way.

[MrGazet]

I don't know actually. Isn't it too early to talk bout this?

[Immenseman]

Never too early. I'd prefer mine to go to Grammar/Private because it'll give them a better chance as far as I'm concerned. I won't let them become neglected from the realities of other peoples lives because no matter how much or little I earn they won't be spoilt. I've lived on a council estate/rented housing for most of my life up until now, my children will be bought up like I have Just because now my Dad has a nice 6 bed country house and I'd be called middle class or whatever I won't forget the past.

[hah]

Well on guernsey its different we still have 11+ so if i lived here when i'm older i would send them to best primary which i went too and then hope they passed to the grammar school here like me then they could continue through that sixth form and get a levels and move onto uni or work.

In guernsey i wouldn't pay for them to go to the private schools here as i don't agree with them because even our comp schools are good. The 11+ generally means that you go to the right level of education for you !

if i lived in england i would go private because the public school i had to attend for a week in england repulsed me. But that was in birmingham however my uncle is a head teacher in Cornwall and has been in dudley before that and he said they're not much better.

pot. kettle. black

you had a go at someone last week for doing what you did just there lol

I would send them to normal schools, If i was rich i would obv send them to private school tho

[Alkaz]

Id want my children to go to the best schools where ever I lived. I wouldnt want them to go to a private school as I feel there is nothing wrong with public education if you get the right school. I would like them to go to a grammar but again I think thats a bit elitest which I dont realy like but that would be a decision they would have to take themself. My dads friend offered to put my brothers/sister and myselfs children through private education untill the age of 18 (law) or have it in a trust fund, I would like to think I would keep it in a fund for them.

[Nixt]

The issue of having children is an awkward one for me, for obvious reasons. A deciding factor in whether I choose to have children will be whether I am financially secure enough to give them a private education. I will not have children unless I am able to do that.