Public, Private, or Home?

[KnownandUnknown]

I don't want to offend anybody, I just need to vent about this...

I'm going to middle school next year, and I sure hope it's better than elementary school. I HATED elementary school. I've always wished I was home-schooled, where you can learn at your own level and not deal the extreme masses of people that are mean, disrespectful, and stupid. I'm pretty much against public school, but that's probably since I'm always so bored at school that I've over the years lost respect for people who aren't good at anything except being biased and playing Call of Duty. I'm going to a more gifted-oriented program which I hope is better, I'm SICK of knowing things better than the teachers.

They always accommodate for the least smart people so everybody can feel smart or something like that, which in turn prevents the people who don't want to learn about monarch butterflies again from actually learning. Most words etc. I know from conversations with my parents, books, and video games.

Once more, I'm SICK of not being able to say "trivial" or "neophyte" without turning heads and being called a nerd. It's pathetic how idiotic "average" kids are! And we have our schools to thank.

THANK YOU AVERAGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS! 

No name calling allowed,
OFFENSIVE SLUR REMOVED. ~MsRR

[Trijhak]

I'm sick of all the anti-public school homeschooling people who stereotype us public school people as idiots that know nothing.

[Legodac]

Need I remind everyone here one very important detail?
There is no certainty in anything in this universe.
Except one thing, what you believe, and that, is also open to change.

Middle school may be better for some, usually those who require a lot of attention.
Regular school may be better for some as well, because they want to see how much better they are doing than the other student.
There are those who muddle through, go with the flow, rise above, stand out, and yes, those who fail.

The Big answer is, If you you want to learn, you will, no matter where you are.

To those who already know this to be true, please excuse my statement that included the word "everyone"

I got some mixed messages from the last few posts I read, and indeed you are correct, I did not read this topics first post. So without further due and thanks to my mentor, I'll get back on topic.

My parents started me at Nursery School, then Kindergarten, then public, private didn't come until grade nine at Saint Andrews College in Aurora Ontario.
Sadly or not, my so called education is grade 10, though I believe something different, because I'm not only successful in life, but love as well

These days and many days before this one, one would have found me learning things that no classroom or teacher could tell.

Life is about learning, and learning can only be experienced.


1. this is NOT a debate.
2. This topic is NOT about which is better.
~MsRR

[Ace]

I've passed through twelve years of public school and do not feel as if my education is lesser or greater than that of a home- or private-schooled pupil. I had many teachers that I enjoyed, a few who I dreaded going to class to. Public schools certainly aren't perfect by any use of the word. It is, however, hard to throw blame on any one aspect of it in particular. As the son of a man who has worked in many tiers of the system for more than thirty years, I have been able to see inside district offices and talked to the people who work there - if they do their jobs well, you never learn their names; if they do poorly, you hear about them, one way or another.

The administrator's egos often get in the way of doing jobs right. Teachers are often answering more to their union benefits than the children they teach. Students are often mired by poor influences at home, apathy, or are simply different learners that the schools are not keen on teaching well.

For better or for worse, public school prepares you for every echelon of society that you will undoubtedly run in to. It is an imperfect institution that is the only option of schooling for many parents. I graduated with my wits and intelligence intact, enough to be accepted into the college of my choice, and I couldn't be happier.

[Legodac]

Hey Ace, nice to see you again, your father I do want to meat. Education comes from experience, the layman knows this.
As for the egos of the teachers, they are who they are, doing what they can for an exploded salary.
As for your last paragraph I must ask, what would you do to make things better?

[Ace]

Legodac,

What I want to change the most in public schools are the class sizes. I've been in a few classrooms with almost forty other students - the teachers had too much on their plate and my peers took advantage of it. I had to use a tutor to get the information that wasn't being relayed well so I could pass one of the classes. The rooms themselves aren't built to handle that many people in the first place. You are literally elbow-to-elbow with the people next to you. Not pleasant in the slightest.

[Legodac]

Wow, nice description,same was so in my day, what could we do to change this?