Me and my family have all gone to public schools and we all turned out okay. But in the future I will seriously think about private schools for my kids.

It just depends on the school. If we live in kind of a bad area I wouldn't want my kids going to public school. For example, Irving, Texas is kind of turning into the ghetto.

But in a nice area, public school usually isn't that bad. But it definitely depends on the school.

I think the success rate is higher in private school. If a student knows that his parents are forking out the dough to send him to a private school, he'll try harder and will try not to fail. This is the case for most of my school. On the other hand, a public school student can't really be kicked out for failing and a lot will just go for the sake of going. Not everybody is goal oriented toward getting good grades and going to college.

Private schools are not only proven to be more efficient, but also less costly. The reason why most parents can't send their children to these better and cheaper schools, is because they are forced to pay for the expensive and inefficient public schools. The only reason why public schools exist as they do is because of forcing people to pay for them. If public schools are so great, then people would voluntarily choose to send their children there if given the choice. Right?

What causes the price of something to drop? There is clearly a demand for education, and competition in the private sector allows for demands to be filled cheaply. If you were guaranteed to get paid no matter how well you performed your job, would you have the same motivation as you would if there was no guarantee? If parents had a choice to spend less money on a better education for their children, most probably would.

Education, just like any other good or service, will always be better and cheaper in the free market.

I went to a Public school all my life (parents can't afford shit like that) and i'm fine with it.

Private schools seem alright, but there's the dress code and the snobbery and the possible religious fanaticism. at least with public schools, you can bring up any religion you want. although, it's the teacher's i feel bad for. my teacher's were cool about it, but teacher's are constantly in fear of losing their jobs just for bringing up a religious topic (seriously, i saw some who were too afraid to say "thank god").

I have never been able to afford to go to a private school. Hell I can barely live with paying part of my tennis lessons per month!

I think that public schools give a better job of showing us how life in the real world actually will be. A struggle. Those going to private schools most likely are having their lives pre paid with a college already waiting to accept them without the need of petty things like scholarships. Regular schools are a different story. You have to look tough or be put down. Simple as that.

Definitely public schools. It would not hurt to have a public school with a private school curriculum. In private school though you learn more what you do not learn is about the real world.

Private school students have parents that can afford private school. Money is good. Teaching kids what their parents think and not what is true is bad. Bad, bad private schools.

I havn t been to a private school but theres a private high school across my school and they all look smart but snobby. They have nice uniform but i think private schools are for freaks! Whats the difference, you are still learning, why would you pay thousands every year to learn when its free?!

Even when I become a million, I am going to make sure my kids go to public school.

Each school offers the same potential cause end of the day it's all up to the kid to learn. The reason I don't want them to go private is because I want them to learn what it is like to be the average kid.. to integrate with all types of people, not just the rich, to learn the streets and how to take care of yourself, to be rated on your own characteristics and not the amount of money you have, being an upperclass out of touch snob.

However it would have to be a good public school...