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whowasthatmaskedman 路 70-79, M
Assuming "Private" equates with expensive and therefor "elite" (which is not a dirty word in my book) Better resources, small class sizes, extension courses and a broarder subject range are all positives as is the ability of the school to deal with disruptive students and remove them entirely for the better learning outcomes of the class..
Downside. Some elitism among students who have prominent parents.. It can be tough trying to match warbrobe for your teenager when you just dont have the income..馃樂
Downside. Some elitism among students who have prominent parents.. It can be tough trying to match warbrobe for your teenager when you just dont have the income..馃樂
ArtieKat 路 M
@whowasthatmaskedman [quote]Downside. Some elitism among students who have prominent parents.. It can be tough trying to match warbrobe for your teenager when you just dont have the income..[/quote] My experience - and I think this applies in the USA equally - is that private schools have rigid uniform codes. It's not possible therefore to show off expensive clothes.
whowasthatmaskedman 路 70-79, M
@ArtieKat Yes. Thats my experience too. But your kids classmates will be the people they socialize with a lot and comparisons were made. In our case skipping holidays away and driving older cares meant they got at least a couple of brand names they could show off.馃樂
ArtieKat 路 M
@whowasthatmaskedman Point taken. The little prep school which I attended from age 7-11 was basically for Middle-Middle-Class whose parents economised in order for us to have the best start in life. The vast majority passed their 11-plus exam for entry into the top stream of secondary education and went back into the State (free) Sector.
whowasthatmaskedman 路 70-79, M
@ArtieKat Yes. The "Elite" or US "Ivy League" top tier certainly arent the place to get the education. But my experience was those one level below put a lot more into the kids and a lot less into the schools image. I dont have a positive experience with the 11-plus, feeling that most of the kids were set up to fail by being "streamed" before it. I certainly didnt pass on anything I learned there and was moved from one "B" to "A" class when I passed..Rather isolating..馃樂
ArtieKat 路 M
@whowasthatmaskedman I'm not quite sure what you're saying here
[quote]I dont have a positive experience with the 11-plus, feeling that most of the kids were set up to fail by being "streamed" before it. I certainly didnt pass on anything I learned there and was moved from one "B" to "A" class when I passed..Rather isolating..[/quote]
[quote]I dont have a positive experience with the 11-plus, feeling that most of the kids were set up to fail by being "streamed" before it. I certainly didnt pass on anything I learned there and was moved from one "B" to "A" class when I passed..Rather isolating..[/quote]
whowasthatmaskedman 路 70-79, M
@ArtieKat I was in Australia for most of my primary school education but returned to England for one year. age 10/11. I was placed in the second stream with the "also ran" kids and breezed along, until the exam, when I was the only one in the class to pass and was immediately moved into the other class, where the kids where actually being educated.. The social adjustment was extreme.. We returned to Oz at the end of the school year, so I never saw a public or Grammar School.馃樂