If you had the choice would you go private?

[luce]

I'm not asking if you're happy or unhappy but at the start of secondary school would you have gone to paid private school if you had the choice?

For me it's diffrent because we have the 11+ so i don't see the need for private education because we are already ranked on ability. The only reason people pay to go to private here is because the parents can't face their children being "bottom of the pile" so it's a snobby thing. They aren't even "bottom of the pile" they're merely in the school which suites their ability. Hence why I disagree.

However in England my dad went to a private school in Birmingham under scholarship because the comprehensive in Dudley was and still is in my opinion shocking :eusa_whis Hence why i would have applied for scholarship at a Grammar school like the one i'm at now except i'm not paid it's top 20% in island only.


Basically i'm really bored and killing time before 8 out of 10 and Billie Piper appearing on JonnyRoss.

[leah]

yeah just cause the standard of education would be better and rich people would be hotter, also less druggies and stupid people to socialise with.

[Barmi]

It depends how much money I had. If I had a ridiculous amount and I was looking for something to spend cash on, then yeah. Otherwise, no.

If kids are going to succeed in life they can push and motivate themselves, regardless of which school they go to. We have a standardised exam system with a set syllabus, so it's not like you would learn completely different content.

I went to a failing comprehensive and I wouldn't have had it any other way. All the talk of a 'better quality' education doesn't wash with me.

[Smits]

Nah i wouldnt. Never liked the look of people representing private schools in the past. Always look too snobby and stuck up, which i'm sure isnt really the case. Plus the people at my normal school were great.

[kk.]

yeah just cause the standard of education would be better and rich people would be hotter, also less druggies and stupid people to socialise with.

its funny, most of the druggies in my town are from the grammar school and

[luce]

yeah just cause the standard of education would be better and rich people would be hotter, also less druggies and stupid people to socialise with.

yeah they are generally. and yeah it is better and if there are parties they aren't chavy unlike some i have had to attend in england *cringe*

its funny, most of the druggies in my town are from the grammar school and

yah the schools that have the drug problems are the private ones because they can afford it. Everyone here has alcohol issues LOL

[DrLacero]

I've been to private and comprehensive, When I have kids if I can afford it I'll send them private, I enjoyed it more and I learned more in my time there.

[Immenseman]

yeah, i would, would suit me more for sure

[Accipiter]

no.

only 1 reason. Friends and you learn more than the normal subjects at a public school. (aka you learn much more through other people there to)

[chantellehugs]

I would of loved to have gone to a private school, but I guess it's good that I didn't because I'd end up being all snobbish and thinking I was better than everyone else. I mean sure, the public schools aren't the best, but they're reality. In work, there won't be a special section for people who pay.
If it was all about the grades, I would say yes.
But because socializing to me is a big part of school, and you have to learn to work with everyone, no.