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re: Private school, yay or nay?
Posted on 1/16/24 at 11:53 am to fareplay
Posted on 1/16/24 at 11:53 am to fareplay
My kids are in Catholic School. A friend of my daughter's had private/Catholic education from PreK till Freshman year. Family moved to St. Tammany, she went to a public school for her sophomore year, she was able to skip/test out of many classes, and is graduating year early. She was an average to below average student before moving. That should answer your question.
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Posted on 1/16/24 at 11:53 am to GeauxGutsy
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n Louisiana-Huge difference. Louisiana doesn’t want great public schools though because the catholic mafia private school cash cow would start to suffer. Louisiana public school education stays in last place by design.
I never considered that.
I grew up in rural Oklahoma. I doubt there was a private school option within 100 miles. Then I moved to Louisiana and everyone that could possibly afford it sent their kids to private schools. I mean people making 40k/year scraped together enough money to send their kids to private schools. At first that seemed nuts to me. But after seeing East Baton Rouge public schools I realized why.
Posted on 1/16/24 at 11:55 am to fareplay
Poor people have more kids
Poor kids perform worse in school and impede progress of others.
Poor kids more often have behavioral issues which your child will be exposed.
Poor kids also have more siblings which means that they are “introduced” to “adult content” faster which they introduce to their peers (your kid).
Overall, going the “free” route, if you have the means to pay for private, indicates how selfish you are as a parent.
You are purposefully choosing to risk the well being, development, and future of your child to save a few hundred dollars/month.
Poor kids perform worse in school and impede progress of others.
Poor kids more often have behavioral issues which your child will be exposed.
Poor kids also have more siblings which means that they are “introduced” to “adult content” faster which they introduce to their peers (your kid).
Overall, going the “free” route, if you have the means to pay for private, indicates how selfish you are as a parent.
You are purposefully choosing to risk the well being, development, and future of your child to save a few hundred dollars/month.
Posted on 1/16/24 at 11:58 am to Kujo
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Poor people have more kids
Poor kids perform worse in school and impede progress of others.
Poor kids more often have behavioral issues which your child will be exposed.
Poor kids also have more siblings which means that they are “introduced” to “adult content” faster which they introduce to their peers (your kid).
Overall, going the “free” route, if you have the means to pay for private, indicates how selfish you are as a parent.
You are purposefully choosing to risk the well being, development, and future of your child to save a few hundred dollars/month
The "baws" in here aren't going to like that post.
"They wuz sebenteen of us youngins and weren't nary a problem."
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:04 pm to danilo
My daughter failed the 4th grade by one point. I went to the public school and met with the principle and teacher. Came out of that meeting mad as hell. Walked in the door at home and called a friend that had just been named Principle at a Church School. I mapped out a plan that impressed him. Each morning at 4:00 AM she would sit with me at breakfast and read from the newspaper. I left at 5AM to be at Disney on a construction Project I was running. At 7:30 Mom dropped her off at Sylvan Learning Center. At 10:00 out neighbor bought her home. Jack was impressed "Do that and stay on task, we'll give her a scholarship and put her in the 5th grade. Every day, she read to me, I corrected what needed to be corrected. Day one of school, she started the 5th grade. eight weeks later I got a phone call on the job site. "We are going to move Michelle to the 7th grade ......she's getting bored and we need to keep her focused. She graduated top of her class. Smart as a whip .....Better yet ......Conservative as hell .....
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:07 pm to fareplay
This answer will be highly dependent on what part of the country you're in.
In my area, public school all the way. Little Rock? Private would be my only option imo.
In my area, public school all the way. Little Rock? Private would be my only option imo.
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:11 pm to Salmon
quote:way more likely to develop a good peer group at a private school though
parenting and peer group will the deciding factor
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:12 pm to bluedragon
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just been named Principle at a Church School.
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:13 pm to BabyTac
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Move to Texas. Never use the term ‘private school’ again.
We’ve found the top public schools
in suburban Texas to be a mirage and of lower quality and standards than those of the top public schools in North Louisiana.
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:14 pm to John Coctostan
Good Lord willing, my kids will never step foot in a public school.
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:16 pm to fareplay
We sent our boys to private school in Houston. My wife went to private in South Louisiana but I went public in North Baton Rouge. Public in Houston is a no go zone. We wanted a small, curated environment with a religious schooling.
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:16 pm to GeauxGutsy
quote:. That’s dumb - Catholic schools started bc WASPs & Jews didn’t want the Catholic immigrant kids in their schools - especially the Irish kids that liked to fight
In Louisiana-Huge difference. Louisiana doesn’t want great public schools though because the catholic mafia private school cash cow would start to suffer. Louisiana public school education stays in last place by design.
The Catholic schools have nothing to do with the failure of the public schools in Louisiana
Catholics schools take vouchers and give kids a chance to be educated - the public schools suck bc the parents don’t care
This post was edited on 1/16/24 at 12:19 pm
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:20 pm to SixthAndBarone
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I went to private school. When I got to college, I couldn’t believe how dumb others were who went to public school. I also couldn’t believe the drugs the public school kids did. And in public school, even if education is good, your kid is still sitting next to the trailer park or ghetto fabulous little kiddo.
I went to public schools through 4th grade, then private from 5th through 7th then back to public. I was about 3 years behind when I first started private in 5th grade and when I went back to public in 8th grade, I basically coasted until my junior year. The difference in curriculum was obscene.
It's an elite private school (I was there on academic scholarship; my parents could not afford it otherwise) but it was comprehensive: mandatory/taught dinner etiquette at breakfast & lunch, and things like individual golf lessons or arts training like singing and acting were all available.
Your kids may not be around trailer trash or thugs, but I'd say about 1/8th of the guys I knew at private wound up getting strung out on drugs and in various forms of trouble during and after high school. Lesson being, you'd still need to make sure your kid(s) are not hanging around the wrong types. Rich kids get easier access to things that will.. get them in trouble
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:22 pm to fareplay
I’d say there is a huge difference in outcomes when you compare parochial vs private schools. I know people on here don’t differentiate between the two all the time, but IMO they are way different.
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:24 pm to GeauxGutsy
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In Louisiana-Huge difference. Louisiana doesn’t want great public schools though because the catholic mafia private school cash cow would start to suffer. Louisiana public school education stays in last place by design.
What a stupid comment. The Catholic Church has no power over the public school system. On the contrary, people that send their kids to private school pay for the public schools without getting the benefit.
If Catholic schools all closed tomorrow, the public schools would be overwhelmed and crumble.
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:24 pm to Kujo
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Overall, going the “free” route, if you have the means to pay for private, indicates how selfish you are as a parent. You are purposefully choosing to risk the well being, development, and future of your child to save a few hundred dollars/month.
Yeah BUT…
In the new Marxist America, you’ll be considered morally right if you went to public school
Even more so if it was diverse
This post was edited on 1/16/24 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:26 pm to fareplay
Every kid is different and what's good this year may be bad next year. If your kid has trouble fitting in/making friends, sometimes smaller schools are more cliquish and closed off to new students, especially if most of the students have been at the school for a long time.
The bigger issue is how are the public schools? If you're in the MS/LA/Ark Delta, or in S'port/BR/Jxn/LR/NOLA (etc.) proper, then private schools are a must.
The bigger issue is how are the public schools? If you're in the MS/LA/Ark Delta, or in S'port/BR/Jxn/LR/NOLA (etc.) proper, then private schools are a must.
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:26 pm to notbilly
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If you are a good parent, they will learn whether they go to public or private.
This is the answer.
I went to catholic schools from kindergarten through high school and know classmates that have become very successful and others that are in jail, dead from bad decisions etc. Its all in the individual. Rich parents who can afford the most expensive school doesn't guarantee anything just because they spend money on it.
My daughter went to school in ascension parish from kindergarten to 8th grande. Now at a catholic high school in Baton Rouge and surprisingly was ahead in math. Granted shes a straight A student and takes school very seriously. Her mom is wasting money sending her to a catholic school. My son will do the same thing when he hits high school but will probably be behind because he just doensn't care about school. Two kids raised the same way by me and their mom but are completely different types of students.
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:29 pm to SixthAndBarone
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And in public school, even if education is good
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:32 pm to SixthAndBarone
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I went to private school. When I got to college, I couldn’t believe how dumb others were who went to public school. I also couldn’t believe the drugs the public school kids did. And in public school, even if education is good, your kid is still sitting next to the trailer park or ghetto fabulous little kiddo.
True in Louisiana. Not true in Texas (unless you live in low income neighborhoods)
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