Private schools

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Private schools are better at educating students for a reason - competition.

Where's the proof that private schools are better at educating students?

I'm quite familiar with public and private schools. Most of the public schools provided a far better education than what private schools spewed out.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

BRTD, I think it's now safe to say that only you and Bandit want to abolish private schools.

Putting words in my mouth again as usual.

Then again, could you really blame anyone for wanting to ban private schools?

[Bandit3 the Worker]

and attended by children of racist white parents who didn't want their kids to go to school with black people.

Private schools around here are the same way.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Ok, if you're going to demand proof from me, I'll demand proof from you.

Here's mine - these are a bit old, but I doubt the results would be much different today: http://www.heartland.org/archives/education/feb97/minn.htm

This looks like it's based on reports by right-wing think tanks.

It's funny that students were expelled from the private high school I went to were more likely to go to college than those who actually graduated.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

You should have got expelled then.

I did. I'm just sorry it didn't happen sooner.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

On the other hand I did go to a really bad public school system (not the urban system I graduated from). I wouldn't want its values indoctrinating anyone.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I am horribly offended by the severe authoritarianism of this poll.

I am horribly offended by the severe authoritarianism of my private high school.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I'm horribly confused on why the hell you go there.

I don't. I haven't been back in 15 years.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

That's only because of the Restraining Order though...

That's only because I'm smarter than that jerk of a principal.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I highly doubt your private high school was truly authoritarian in the same way.

It wasn't authoritarian in the same way. It was authoritarian in a WORSE[/i] way!

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Only fascist ones.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Beforer america. We're there are less private schools and no unifors.

This makes absolutely no sense at all.

Since the mid-'90s, a considerable percentage of American public schools have adopted uniforms.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Most schools have mandatory student IDs the kids have to carry at all times.  Mine had mandatory IDs that were also lunch cards, and the school had cameras.

I never attended a public school that had any of this. I'm sure they have it now, but 20 years ago we had a lot more freedom. A LOT[/i] more!

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I think we were allowed using the vending machines in the lunchroom, but not at lunchtime.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I mean they are only children.

"Only children." The usual B.S.

Yeah, they're "only children." They'll never be worth anything, you seem to be saying.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

The Constitution doesn't say the Bill of Rights doesn't apply if you're under 18.

America needs to stop treating children like property.