• @Echedenyan@lemmy.ml
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    202 years ago

    I think that private schools should not exist.

    Education is a basic right and should be provided for everynyan as equal.

    A different issue has the people who cannot attend a public school and need to be taught at home.

    In this case, I also consider that this should be a public service.

      • @jazzfes@lemmy.ml
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        32 years ago

        Yes, monetising it also creates stupid incentives. In the educational scenario you’ll have to face the fact that if someone pays you for a service they are your client. How do you educated someone on whose feedback and money you depend? Certainly not in an objective manner.

      • @OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
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        22 years ago

        I’m fine with public healthcare if it’s good quality. But it would be nice if I could go deep into my pockets and pay extra for something I really care about.

  • @sexy_peach@feddit.de
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    62 years ago

    Yes I think that in our situation today in the western world mandatory school is mostly good. Maybe in the future we’ll have a society that does better without, I’d like that. Less “forcing” is better imo.

    • @AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml
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      Eh, Western mandatory education is missing A LOT of important topics, particularly in terms of social justice, environmentalism, and everyday skills for adulthood. Private schools, depending on which one (and its political affiliation) may do better or worse, but really, a systematic mandate for those things is needed.

  • @pinknoise@lemmy.ml
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    I think private schools are ok if:

    • They have to teach at least the same curriculum as public schools, which has to be audited on their cost
    • The amount of public funding they may be eligible to is limited, in some way, by the amount of their gross revenue
    • They have to be secular, i.e. no (not even quasi-) mandatory religious classes, events etc. and such matters should not be presented as facts
    • Sr Estegosaurio
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      12 years ago

      I kinda agree on all, but for me is not okey the government founding private schools when we already have public ones.

  • @OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
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    42 years ago

    Family of 5 kids here. 2 of us went to public school, 3 private. The issue is the public schools are hot trash compared to the private ones in my area (Ottawa, Canada).

    I hear everyone loud and clear regarding equal opportunity, education as a right, etc etc etc. But education is not something you can get wrong, and the government is far from flawless.

    Ideally yes, private schools should be banned and we can work to get everyone the best education possible. But reality is far from that.

  • CHEF-KOCH
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    12 years ago

    Education is important. I do not think that it matters if via public school or send your kid to a private school.

    In some cases in can make much sense to use a private school because e.g. if your dad is a celebrity your kid maybe gets hate from other school kids or even parents. The decision should be done individually based on the circumstances.

    If you real question is what shall you do if your kid refuses to go to school, then I would say positive reinforcement could help and if that fails you should get help from an expert or look for the problems within the school. Ask the teachers, other parents and check what the true problems are.

  • @swissreport@lemmy.ml
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    02 years ago

    Not in a capitalist system. Possible in a socialist/communist sociaty, because a private school would then be a public school, but with seperate school systems and or special people.

  • @DPUGT2@lemmy.ml
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    I am the father of two children, a daughter age 12, a son age 8. Neither have attended public school (or private). We teach them at home for many things, other lessons we procure elsewhere. The external classes include: taekwondo, judo, ballet, gymnastics, art, music, and perhaps soon boxing and/or brazilian jujitsu. There are others as well, but covid has interfered more than we might like (both a photography and stage directing course have been or will soon be canceled).

    I myself was forced to go to school, homeschooling wasn’t an option in the 1980s and 1990s. This was used against my mother once, when her complaints about bullies on the school bus had them threaten to have me thrown off the bus, her not having a car and us living rurally meant I wouldn’t be able to attend, and truancy was a crime them. This wasn’t just some imagined threat, but the sort that was made clear with a wink and a nudge. That’s how forced public education will be used of course. As a weapon against those the petty bureaucrats dislike, and as a trap so that adolescent torturers never have to chase their victims far.

    I am naturally reluctant to endorse the idea of mandatory public schooling. But you implore “How will we indoctrinate your children!?!” I would say to that “just forget that we are here, and we will make no trouble for you”.

  • Amicese
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    No.

    • Schools don’t work for everyone; some people learn better through experience.

    • Neurodivergents tend to perform worse in school, because they can’t get proper accomodations. It is difficult to accommodate everyone; so not forcing mandatory school allows children, that can’t learn through school, through their parents.

    • Bullying can potentially become an issue.

    • Education can be attained without public school; parents taught children back in the primal ages.

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      Neurodivergents tend to perform worse in school, because they can’t get proper accomodations.

      My mother was instrumental in me getting through k-12 school with a solid education. I have ADHD, as well as some sort of issues around writing that have been hard to pin down. Otherwise, I was always easily in the top 10% intellectually. My parents are both teachers, so they knew which levers to pull to get the help I needed. I just wish all kids in my situation had an advocate like that.

      • Amicese
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        I’m in a similar situation; except I’m currently beginning to lose my momentum in senior year of online school.

        I got carried through School with early intervention, ADHD meds, good people, and IEPs (that I didn’t use because of fear).

        I weased off my ADHD meds in 9th grade. Bad idea! I started to feel tired constantly.

        I learnt early that I had ADHD; but I didn’t understand what ADHD was, until I researched it up last year.


        Even with the support I got; I felt that School wasted my time.

        I wanted to learn complex math and engineering power tools as a child. All I got to play with was Glue, Tape, and kid-friendly material. I ended up losing interest in engineering stuff anyway; but I imagine that I could have kept my interest for longer if school wasn’t so slow.


        I’m uncertain if I can survive work in a country with good worker support. (I fear work in the U.S; I’ve heard a lot of stories of worker mistreatment in the U.S.)

    • Sr Estegosaurio
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      Well, you can’t just generalize. It depends on an enormous amount of factors like:

      • Your country
      • Your province/whatevereiscalled
      • Even your location in your city (basically where do you live)

      Idk in your case, but at least in my country public services like education and healthcare are quite good.