Education Issues Debate

you know,you really shouldn't put down public schools.just because you had a bad experience doesn't mean that they are all bad and besides not everyone is like you and can afford to put their kids in private school

i do think that both private and public schools may put too much pressure on kids to become the brightest and the smartest without taking into consideration the fact that every child learns at a different pace.putting too much pressure on a child to become uber successful in school may even backfire in some cases causing burnout and unhealthy stress levels .to me,it is not suprising why so many kids now days are on psychiatric drugs to treat depression and other emotional issues

Oh yes, my son has an ED because of school. He is gifted and has severe ADHD. Therefore it seems that very high expectations are put on him, not only academically, but that even teachers trained in teaching gifted students expect more behavior wise from their gifted students, so he is in trouble for something almost every day.

We have been in two different school systems in two different states and I cannot tell you how much I hate the system of being on a color, getting  a card flipped or having a check mark.  In the 6 years my DS has been in school it has done nothing to improve his behavior and it seems to actually make it worse.  There is no way to turn around the checkmark and earn it back, so he's not motivated to do anything.

I would love to homeschool him, but I cannot afford to quit my job, so we do the best we can.

Nice wild assumptions, but wrong.

We did not put my child in private school. We could probably not have afforded it even if we'd wanted to. I am home schooling. You sound really bitter about your assuption that I'm wealthy, so rest assured, I'm not. We give up a lot to afford a parent at home full time but we decided it was worth it.

As for your idea that I have only had a bad public school experience- wrong again. At one point he attended an excellent (as such things go) public school. It was still not anything close to a personalized experience that put his needs first. It's the nature of the system.