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The private school public school teacher debate...
This is not the same thing but it got me thinking about certain public school programs. For instance the Gifted and Talented program in my neck of the woods. I don't know what it is called in other states. But, from second grade through six grade I attended school with in a school the gifted and talented program was centered in the "Basement" of a large elementary school in my parish. We never mingled with the other students, we didn't eat lunch with them, have recess with them. We didn't attend their programs or awards ceremony. It was like we were quarintined. Then when I enterd the eighth grade, we still only had classes with each other, but during the lunch period and if you were involved in a extra curricular activity you saw other students. But I didn't really know to interact with them. It was a long time before I felt completely comfortable around people I had been around for half my life. And it didn't help that my program was 95% white.
After all this rambling, I guess my question is what do you think about those type of "private" public school programs? Do any other have any experiences like this?
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