Private Schools

[Rietie]

I think if I had the money, I would send my children to private schools - but small ones (that way its easier to make friends and to get to know your peers and teachers). I would consider sending my daughter/s to girls schools and boy/s to co-ed schools due the research about performance. I've never really experienced high school at a state school so I think my first choice would always be a private school.

[Hughie]

I go to a private school after previously attending a state school. In my opinion the difference is huge, the teachers really care alot about there students, the atmosphere is great and not to mention all the guys/girls there are really welcoming. Although I doubt the extra 15k is really worth it unless you have that money to spend. I came on a scholarship for sport and if i did not gain this i would never have thought about going.

[amyminchin]

I go to a private shcool and my fee's are around $7000 a year. It is a independent, christian school and very small (1000 students from Kinder to Y12).  I love it, the teachers are amazing and REALLY care for us, the students are, mostly, really good and there isn't a huge focus on academia. Our highest score last year was 99.8, which is the highest the school has ever got (I think...). The teachers are more focused on us, than our marks. That being said however, it is the highest achieving christian school in the state.
Private schools do have their pluses and I am going to send my children to one in year 7- but in primary... I think public would be better. 

[brendan]

private > government

[thelovecatsx]

I go to a public school but I go to a one of the best public schools in the state. I don't have a problem with public schooling but I will admit there are some public schools that need serious improvement. I suppose if you were choosing where to send your kids, I'd probably suggest trying to get into a high achieving public school first and if that fails, then fork out the money for private school. But in the end, it's really up to the person and how much effort they put into school.

[TrueLight]

yup... i think its like 60% teacher 40% student and no matter where you go its all up to the quality of teachers pretty much and it would be decent to have good facilities. so yeah i wreckon government schools r better cause theres like more diversity... like multiculural ppl kinda thing... and like you don't waste a fortune in education when you could get the same thing out of a government school. so yeah... i would say government schools r good. they are definitely not bad... well the one i went to wasn't.

[bubble sunglasses]

   depends what you want; private and govt schools are good for different things

   like with uni residential colleges, mine which is self-catered and pretty independent costs 6.2k pa
    my sister lives at Medley Hall which costs 17k pa, but those costs go somewhere

[brendan]

Beware stereotyping private schools
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=3456

[bubble sunglasses]

 
 The private school I went to yrs 6-beginning of yr11 [Kido's school and where went the eponymous Umelb Law student Miranda Airey-Branson] is thought to be much better academically than local public schools for yrs 7-10. However for VCE, the teaching standard at the local state school seemed just as good, save for a few dud teachers. For those who had the choice, it was about whether you wanted all the trimmings of going to a private school, as opposed to one where you just went to classes and met friends afterwards.
  Especially with "high-end" private schools, I doubt many people pay 16-20k a year just to [supposedly] optimise their ENTER

[2603hodge]

when you spend $15,000 and upwards in a private school full of students who aren't dumb trashy bogan/junkies you will that it is worth it rather than spend your highschool years in a public school where you are surrounded by future junkies/crackheads/hoons.

I myself would've loved going to Wesley.

I go/did go to a public school and whilst yes a lot of the students are mind numbing idiots there are a lot of intelligent and passionate people who will get very high ENTERs and go to do something meanimgful with there lives.

Just because your school sucked doesn't mean all public schools do.

For the record I think for the most part private school is a waste of time but its your prerogative so have fun.

[hard]

waste of 10,000+ a year for private schools. Rather save that money for something useful... e.g. car, house etc.

[marbs]

I'm a private school boy, and its not just about vce success. There are many other elements to it like religion, opportunities, and sport.

I know i've had opportunities that my public school mates have never been afforded, which is one reason why the price is justified

[cobby]

I'm a private school boy, and its not just about vce success. There are many other elements to it like religion, opportunities, and sport.

I know i've had opportunities that my public school mates have never been afforded, which is one reason why the price is justified

Yeh religion was a factor when my parents decided to send me to a private (or semi-private) school.

[bubble sunglasses]

I'm a private school boy, and its not just about vce success. There are many other elements to it like religion, opportunities, and sport.

I know i've had opportunities that my public school mates have never been afforded, which is one reason why the price is justified

   I agree, many ppl forget this, they just pit a private school's fees against the benefits of greater academic success. 

[brendan]

http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2008/11/private-or-public-school-for-obama.html