Private vs Public School

[Rebecca]

Would you send your child to private school?
Does it depend on the type of school you went to, does that affect your choice?

If I have children in the future I'd like to send them to private school. I've been to one all my life and I didn't feel any of the criticism that they sometimes get... I'm sure it depends on the school though.

[Julie Andrews]

What do you mean by private school?
Does Catholic school count as private?

[Justine]

Private school is the type that you pay for.

[Julie Andrews]

Thanks!
Before I moved to Canada, where I lived everyone had to pay for school and it still counted as 'public'. The govt. only paid for a portion of the cost of school, but the parents still paid huge costs.

The public education system was part of the appeal of Canada... I am definitely going to take advantage of it. The only reason why I'd send baby J to private school is if he ends up having learning problems and needs specific special attention. However, I'd exhaust the resources of the public school system before I'd go that route.

[ilovemykids]

If I could afford it then I'd go the private school way.

[bees]

If everything goes ok, then we will send our little ones to private school. :D

[Rebecca]

What do you mean by private school?
Does Catholic school count as private?

Ya as said, by private I mean the ones you pay for, so they're not administered by the government, I suppose...

I'm not very familiar with Catholic schools, so I don't know if they're considered private or not :-k

[jelyanne]

No... cant afford it and probably never will...

[StarDancer]

i think public school is good! Personally i think people that go to private school are stuck up! Thinking there better than public school girls!

[cndlady]

my daughters b/f went to a private school and he doesn't think he got a better education than the kids in the public system did..and it cost his parents a lot of money...he won't go the private school route for their kids