Private school or pubic school...????

Question

im in 8th grade in middle school. next year ill be going to high school. my sister is a junior in high school and she says its a...hmm bad environment, there are like drug sellers, rapists (is that how its spelled?) and all those scary kinda things lol. so i can ither go there or to a private catholic school that isnt too far away either. i want to go there, but most of my friends will be going to the other school. which school do you think i should go to? please i need some advice soon cause ill have to sign up for the private school soon. thanks so much!

Answer 1

I attended private school through 12th grade. I now teach in the public school system. Private schools are definately superior in environment, rules and most of all.. academics.



Public schools are of course free and have a larger pool of people. Jr high and highschool in general can be socially harsh. IT is the nature of kids that age. I would have to recommend private school. While your environment will be more structured and regulated. The superior academics and safe environment should be worth it.

Answer 2

Every school has drug dealers and all that stuff. I go to a public high school and it is excellent! It has been named top public high school in my area numerous times and often gets higher than the private schools. Alot of people who go to private schools say nasty stuff about public schools and maybe your sister is trying to scare you? I dont know. Its totally your decision though! Obviously I dont know the schools your choosing between so I cant really say much but im just saying that not all public schools are bad and that you should look into it a bit more!

Answer 3

I believe that your sister is telling you stories to entertain you and herself. Her high school is not harboring rapists, and probably not drug sellers, either. If it was, you'd be reading about it in your newspaper.



Your sister might be anxious for you to go to a different school for her own special reasons: perhaps she has had adventures there that she'd prefer that you didn't know about.



There's generally no great educational advantage in most private schools, and a larger public high school may afford you more opportunities for other activities.

Answer 4

I wouldnt advise you to go to a private school it keeps you from learning what the real world is all about . I took both my children out of public school because,I thought I wasdoing whats best for them .I was wrong to do that my daughter has since graduated & wishes she had the opportunities that her friends had . I enrolled my son back in public school this year he:s been in school 3 weeks now I can tell you he;s learned more already this year than all 5 years he ;s gone to private school. If I had it to do over Iwouldnt have taken them out of public school ,they take more breaks than they have classes the teachers dont take time to help the children they use most of their time to gossip &talk about the parents.

Answer 5

Hey Girly have you considered home schooling ? It's wonderful ! Of course this may not be the best route for you,but I would atleast consider the option and research It. You're more relaxed and able to concentrate more on your schoolwork,no distractions. In about 3 or 4 hours ...you're done for the day...Just an Idea.Honey,after you get through school your friends will be headed In different directions.Remember...You do what's best for you ,because you're the one that has to live with the choice you make,not your friends.....Good Luck..

Answer 6

no matter where you go to school, there will be kids who do drugs and other bad things, regardless of whether the school is public or private. there might be less of it at a private school, but for sure it will be there. you'll be fine as long as you recognize that and avoid bad situations.



you should make out a list of pro's and con's for the two schools. a public school generally has more diversity, but a private school may have a higher caliber of education.



good luck with your decision!

Answer 7

I have friends that went to a private school and they hated it, but public school isn't all that much better. For all you know, people in the private schools are doing the same things as the ones in public school. It's really up to you, but you know don't have to go to the same school as your sister. You could go to a better high school where people are more mature and less violent.

Answer 8

Private school u get a faster and better education but r not that "free" there are more rules and dress codes sometimes uniforms but if u can deal with all that private school but it really matters where u really want to go and are more comfortably but when it comes do both schools have teens. drama , fights , and most important no matter catholic or public u get the same education

Answer 9

I advice you to go to the private school. You would be safer if you study there, and since it is a catholic school, you would really discover that Cathholic schools are cool, and helpful to our lives. I should know because I study in a Catholic School.

Anyways, good luck!

Answer 10

I went to a public school... you get the same education as a private school but you are spoonfed information less... your success will be up to your will.

As for drug sellers you get them at all schools, but some are 'hidden' better than others. Rapists?? well i cant say i've heard of that in public schools before... Im in Australia though so things may be different if you arent talking about our schooling system

Answer 11

i know for a fact that no matter public or private you get into drugs and drug sellers so forth as i went to public and my other siblings went to a private really you will get a better education but you have to work your butt of, just like public you can get into bad trouble hanging with wrong people...but you can also get a education depends on how hard you work

Answer 12

I used to pass to very own college whilst i grow to be in a million-4 grade. i did no longer try to that i hated the uniforms so I had my mom take me out. P.S. We did no longer do any form of gymnasium classification in any respect back then, so as quickly as I got here to the first public college the 1st thought grow to be, "What the heck's gymnasium classification?"

Answer 13

PUBLIC all the way! Private schools don't necessarily teach you more than public schools do. My cousin and one of my friends went to private school that had cost a lot to go to, they got in fights a lot, and they didn't even teach him the things I learned at a normal public school. There's more diversity and different kinds of kids who go to regular schools. I had friends of all races and ethnicities, and knew lots of foreign exchange students. I really feel that I got a lot more out of my school than my private school friends. There's a higher rate of drug usage at private high schools in actuality, not public. Private school are an excuse for white parents to shove their kids in a school with a low number of minorities, that's why my aunt sent my cousin to one.



I was never approched by strange men, druggies, rapists, molesters or you name it. Nor did I know anyone else who encountered this. There was some pot usage going on, but that was outside of the school, and doesn't mean that kids who do it are mean, dying, or dangerous. Pot is actually not as harmful as the commercials say.



Recently, scientists have actually found that pot really doesn't cause lung cancer, and instead of killing brain cells, it actually makes more grow. On the History channel, it was revealed that many politicians were against pot in the earlier part of the century, and had used marijuana to make illegal Mexican immagrants and black people look more dangerous and more likely to go crazy and rape white women. Do the real research. I never even got in a fight in high school. Kids were usually nice to me, we did a lot of fun things at school, and I never went to a nonpublic school.



I've just heard that worse things happen at private school, contrary to popular belief. Drug dealing, fights, and promiscuity flourish at private schools too. In my town, kids who got drugs like ecstacy, lsd, meth and coke got it at the catholic high school. Kids who were from richer families went there, so the kids were more able to pay for and have the equiptment to make drugs. Don't be fooled. Personally, I would want to go to school with my friends. Why would you want to go to a private catholic school anyway? Go to your friend s school, you won't regret it.



P.S. It's the public schools that have better arts programs and opportunities for smart students. There were college level classes offered at my school. My high school was voted number 1 in my city, over all the private schools and the other public ones.

Answer 14

well the both types of school is the same private or not its just that private does it undercover and public does it a little more out there. i went to both private and public schools. i like public because they are More smarter than Private in my opinion. so public school

Answer 15

You're lucky that you have the option. I went to public school and wish that I could recommend it but I think private school is the better choice.

Answer 16

go to the school which will make you happy and be with your friends.. but if i were to choose i say you go to a private school.. you will be much more comfortable there because there is guaranteed security and good standard of teaching which you will be needing when you enter college.. just watch out for spoiled brats though! and make sure to befriend "normal " ones..

Answer 17

Choose a private school...it is safer...

Answer 18

i went to public school haf my life and private school half my life..experience tells me private school is way better... educationally and socially. people in private schools are not dirty and vulgar, and you learn more from the classes.

Answer 19

Private shool. You will get a better education.