Not some of the Baptist schools I have seen. I think that is more a product of affluent families over curriculum in some cases. I have tutored kids from Cornerstone Academy and it was some of the most simplistic dumbed down that I have ever seen.
Don't private schools have to meet some accreditation standards?
It's not if you are part of the 'privileged few' who can afford to send their kids to a good private school...but comparing public schools to better private schools is like comparing apples to oranges...let's be honest here...
I dont think anyone here is talking about the northeastern 30k per year prep schools.
We have plenty of prep schools in San Antonio...they cherrypick the best students from public schools...everyone else? SOL
In the full story it says she was engaged and this wouldn't have been an issue except the wedding got delayed. The couple offered to move up the wedding but the schoolmaster said tough .
Judging from the pretty extreme beliefs of this school, I wouldn't be suprised if this had more to do with her blasphemous "science" teaching than it did with her being pregnant.
From prep schools to Liberty university...just like the gestapo did it...
cherry pick?
Oh and I am middle class (the lower part of it).
They get to pick their students and exclude whomever they want by claiming they do not have the ability to teach special needs kids...
Good for you. Good for you that you also place a high value to a good education too...you pay a premium for that but you think it's a good investment in your child...but I also think that if your child has his/her head on straight and really works hard they can be every bit as successful in a good public school..
The biggest difference in private and public schools is the classroom environment, imo.
Smaller classes and less tolerance for bad behavior.
They have the ability to expel kids much quicker....public schools must do ent bad behavior and ALSO what accommodations they have attempted to help the child correct his behavior before the child ever gets an expulsion hearing...Smaller classes and less tolerance for bad behavior.
also the parents pay for it so they mostly give a about how their kids are doing
Interesting. I attended an evangelical one when I was going and academically it was mostly a step up from the public schools and there was another Christian high school in my city that was *so* good that people had to apply while their kids were like in grade school.
I assumed it was something similar going on here.
In any case, I disagree with the rule the school has but I support their right to boot the teacher out.
If she wanted to break the code of conduct (that she knew about) and have sex that badly she should've just used birth control or had a civil ceremony ahead of time and held the "traditional wedding" after. This just looks like she was being short-sighted and is now crying "foul" since she lost her job over it.
Zero sympathy from me.
Very poor case. How can the teacher think it wrong for them to say "Bye bye..."
That wasn't the case that the op made. No one made that case.
These ethic firings happen all the time. That coach from Arkansas was let go for morals as a couple of days. It's there business, they want a certain role model, educator and she didn't fit the bill any longer. I'm sure she will have no problem getting a job in the near future. God bless.
No, the biggest difference is parental involvement with the child and the school. The kids wouldn't be there if the parents didn't give a . If they have a disfunctional kid disrupting class they can suggest to the parents they either deal with it or take the kid somewhere else.
IMHO private schools are better than public schools only up to a certain point. They are great for the basics and instilling good work/study habits early.
I pulled my kids out after the 8th grade and sent them to public high school. The private schools simply can't offer the diverse curriculum that public schools can and I also believe that the kids that go all the way K-12 in private schools end up a little socially stunted.
There are plenty of uninvolved rich parents that send their kids to private schools, plenty of involved poor parents that send their kids to public schools.
Public schools complain frequently about classrooms that are overcrowded. I've never heard of any private school anywhere in America complain of overcrowding.
Which directly affects classroom environment.If they have a disfunctional kid disrupting class they can suggest to the parents they either deal with it or take the kid somewhere else.
And you are responding from stereotypes and cliches you saw on television and I'm responding from actual experience as a parent with children in a private school.
The classroom sizes were the same or even larger than public schools but they weren't forced to teach to the lowest common denominator. If a child couldn't keep up with the program they were encouraged to seek outside tutoring...they didn't slow the class down to accommodate the weakest link...
At any parent teacher event (which was frequent) there was virtually 100% parental participation. This is unheard in a public school situation. I've been in both.
I've formed my opinion based on personal experience as well.
You've formed your assumptions about me based on butthurt.
That is why private schools are able to charge so much less per student than public schools need. Also there are private schools which cater specifically to those with special needs. Those are expensive. I know this because my step daughter has special needs (which incidentally got her kicked out of a private school when she was younger since they weren't set up to help her). Two years ago we checked into a few of those for her and the cost was in the 15-17k per year range (could not afford). My daughter's (relatively expensive for san antonio) private school tuition is in the 5k range (the one that I went to until 4th grade in converse is now about 2500 for comparison's sake). I read (I think from an article posted here) that the average amount of money spent per public school student in texas is 11k, so even though they have to teach special needs kids, they are getting the funds to do so.
Why do you guys want to argue private schools should cater to the lowest common denominator like public schools do?
I think it's more an explanation of the differences in responsibility between public and private schools. The private schools' selectivity alone makes positive outcomes more likely for their students.
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