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Posted on 1/10/14 at 9:56 am to Antonio Moss
The elephant in the room is the main reason i'm not sending my kids to public school.
You can say what you want, call me a racist all you want, but i'd prefer my kids not have to be around thugs and trash as they grow up, and that's what you have at public schools in south Louisiana.
Point is, at a catholic school, you know that the vast majority of the families going to that school are just like yours and have the same goals and family values. Catholic schools instill the family environment at school and teach more than just academics.
Public schools will have that too, but they also have parents that don't care at all and it trickles down to their kids.
Other thing is you can be punished at a catholic school. I think it's illegal to punish kids at a public school, so if the parents aren't instilling in their kids that there are consequences to doing wrong, the school will.
You can say what you want, call me a racist all you want, but i'd prefer my kids not have to be around thugs and trash as they grow up, and that's what you have at public schools in south Louisiana.
Point is, at a catholic school, you know that the vast majority of the families going to that school are just like yours and have the same goals and family values. Catholic schools instill the family environment at school and teach more than just academics.
Public schools will have that too, but they also have parents that don't care at all and it trickles down to their kids.
Other thing is you can be punished at a catholic school. I think it's illegal to punish kids at a public school, so if the parents aren't instilling in their kids that there are consequences to doing wrong, the school will.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 9:56 am to TheSassyTiger
hey hot stuff
Posted on 1/10/14 at 9:56 am to sec13rowBBseat28
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Of course it does, but why not try to eliminate as many obstacles as possible. If money wasn't an issue, would you rather send your child to a private or public school in EBR?
Well, money is usually an issue and even if you can easily afford it, private school tuition is not cheap and you may question if it is money well-spent, especially if you aren't religious and don't value that aspect of private education at all.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 10:01 am to TeddyPadillac
I agree on all points.
When you see what your child is getting, you don't question the money.
When you see what your child is getting, you don't question the money.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 10:03 am to WhoDats10
If you could guarantee my kid would be in BRH and a similarly safe middle school I would have them in there in a heartbeat.
Problem is not everyone can go to BRH.
Problem is not everyone can go to BRH.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 10:03 am to TeddyPadillac
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No one is saying you can't succeed going to a shitty public school.
Actually, I see that implied or directly stated in a lot of these threads.
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It's just that when you send your kid to a good private school, the environment they are in is conducive to going to college.
Of course. But I'd argue that education level of the parents is a more important indicator.
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Not going to college was never a thought for any of us, and our school helped ingrain that in us.
Same for me, but it was because of my parents, regardless of the school. It wasn't even a consideration.
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Out of the 200 people i graduated with, at least 150 went to college. I doubt that type of percentage is normal in public schools.
That's mostly a function of the demographics.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 10:04 am to Sir Drinksalot
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When you see what your child is getting, you don't question the money.
Then why not move someplace else where your child can get a good public school education?
Posted on 1/10/14 at 10:05 am to WhoDats10
Yeah I doubt many public schools in the south are very good
Posted on 1/10/14 at 10:05 am to urinetrouble
quote:All you have to do is look at the leadership of the EBRPSB to see that it is indeed money well spent.
you may question if it is money well-spent
Posted on 1/10/14 at 10:06 am to urinetrouble
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Well, money is usually an issue and even if you can easily afford it, private school tuition is not cheap and you may question if it is money well-spent
Which is why its shameful that parents without means are forced to send their children to shitty public schools when we could easily cut them a voucher.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 10:06 am to mousecop
Don't know if you consider Texas the south, but I've always heard their public schools are actually good.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 10:07 am to Antonio Moss
Doesn't BRH have admission quotas based on race?
Posted on 1/10/14 at 10:08 am to lsunurse
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Don't know if you consider Texas the south, but I've always heard their public schools are actually good.
Depends.
Texas' ISDs produce really good schools in suburban areas - same with the areas around Birmingham.
Of course, when a community tries that in Baton Rouge, the establishment stands in their way.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 10:10 am to lsunurse
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but I've always heard their public schools are actually good.
that entirely depends on where you move
the ISDs are funded by local property taxes, so the ISD can somewhat "price out" trashier families. that makes it more expensive to live, and you may end up spending that same "catholic school" money on increased housing costs/taxes
it's not that way everywhere, but it is some places. not everybody can afford to live in the top ISDs
Posted on 1/10/14 at 10:11 am to Antonio Moss
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Which is why its shameful that parents without means are forced to send their children to shitty public schools when we could easily cut them a voucher.
I was VERY lucky as a child that I was smart enough to be able to get into the gifted/talented program in elementary and middle school and go to a true all magnet HS in BR. There was no way my parents could have afforded private school. And they were always active in my education. They just also happened to be poor.
I mean, I could have easily still overcome the ghetto high schools I would have had to be sent to and gotten an education despite the horrible conditions....but I'm very grateful I was able to go to school with other kids that actually gave a shite about their education. Where the question asked was not "am I going to college?" but "which colleges did I get accepted into and which one will I chose?".
Posted on 1/10/14 at 10:11 am to lsunurse
Why don't I move?
I love my area and my kids school.
We also accept a few voucher kids, for the person that mentioned that.
I love my area and my kids school.
We also accept a few voucher kids, for the person that mentioned that.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 10:12 am to Antonio Moss
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Of course, when a community tries that in Baton Rouge, the establishment stands in their way.
basically why this whole St George thing blew up
the most middle road solution is still EBR/BR supporting an ISD in St. George and keep it unincorporated
Posted on 1/10/14 at 10:12 am to sec13rowBBseat28
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Why take a shot at parents that have no choice but to send their kids to private school
Do you see the insult implied in how you phrase this towards those who do make that choice?
Look, this a rather personal issue for me, so I'm a little biased. My mom had to listen to tons of shite from relatives who had their kids in private schools and her kids ultimately have out performed their kids and didn't have to have their parents bail then out with a job after fricking off in college for how ever many years. Other middle class whites in my neighborhood openly scoffed at the idea of using the public school. I just wish people wouldn't have such condescending attitudes.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 10:14 am to lsunurse
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Don't know if you consider Texas the south, but I've always heard their public schools are actually good.
The TX burbs have some of the best public schools in the country.
Like pretty much everywhere, the burbs tend to have better schools than closer in.
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