|
I am not a public school teacher whose children attend private school; however, I am a student who attends a private university and attended public school from kindergarten up until I graduated from high school. I just wanted to express my feelings about both private and public schools.
I love being at a private school. I know that going to a private university is different that going to a private elementary, middle or high school, but through my experiences attending a private university, I have decided to enroll my children in private school throughout their life.
The class-size average at my university is somewhere around 23 students. In my opinion, this provides for a better learning environment for the students. The class-size average is no where near the class averages of a publich university. I also think that the quality of teaching at a private school is better than that of a public school. (I did attend a public junior college for a spring semester and summer session.)
In between classes, in our quad, we occasionally have a small, 5 minute prayer service. Now that it is lent, we have been having at least one a week. Also, for Catholic holidays, usually our 9:20am and 10:20am classes are cancelled so that we can all go and celebrate mass together.
On September 11th, I went to my 9:45am government class where my teacher knew nothing about what had happened. Stunned, he said it was only right that we not have class and all go to the chapel to pray. This would have never happened at a public school.
|