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Originally posted by PhiPsiRuss
I used the Berlin Wall as a metaphor for public education, particularly in poor neighborhoods. Free choice would have the effect of toppling some of these districts, and that would be a good thing. Refusing to reflexively defend a status quo that has failed is anything but ignorant.
I also went to good high schools. I went to public school in the 10th grade at Brooklyn Tech. I went to a mid-tier Manhattan private school in the 11th and 12th grades at New Lincoln. That experience made me realize how much students at public schools are suffering. New Lincoln was really a much better educational environment than Brooklyn Tech, and Brooklyn Tech was, and is one of the best public high schools in New York.
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Oh shit you went to Tech?
And I don't think a private school is definitely a better experience than Tech was. In fact if I had to bet, I'd say Tech would beat most private schools. I had the opportunity to take 11 college classes, take classes at Columbia university, work on 2 large research projects with several universities all through Tech.
-Rudey