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Private Education Should Be Banned
What do you think, should every child have an equal chance through state education for all, or should those from privileged backgrounds be able to have the choice.
 Smiley  28 Nov 2007 10:16
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I totally agree. It's an unfair system and once again the rich get everything. Life should not be based on money! It should be based on talent.
 
 Rosie  26 Oct 2008 12:32
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 Life should be based on personality, not talent. What about the people who aren't good at anything?
by  heracross1
 26 Nov 2008 23:14
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Private everything!
 
 pathenry  18 Oct 2008 03:48
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Private education is detrimental to the whole system. It takes the best resources away from the ones who most need it. For example special needs staff, teachers which could be distributed in a fairer way by the state
 
 truespud  28 Sep 2008 22:43
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 Many private schools do flourish, but that is only because they have an advantageous amount of resources than the state schools, and therefore creaming all of the best staff for the wealthy elite, that is no meritocracy.

If all schools were private, the poorer equipped schools would fail and close down, leaving poorer areas without schools as money is the only thing which attracts the private sector.

Yes i do agree with public healthcare, as does most of the UK.
by  truespud
 19 Oct 2008 17:11
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At the end of the day u have to think about everybody and think whats different about uz............. That's it there is nothing everybody is human and there for i think that people should have the same opportunities in education what about the folk that cant afford it!!!!
 
 dazadazler  25 Aug 2008 11:10
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Even in an ideal world, public education is merely centralized propaganda. We need private education to preserve a diversity of viewpoints, as well as the practice of critical thinking for one's self. We also need poets, scientists, musicians, philosophers, novelists, and other "deep" thinkers.

But on the other hand, we need public education as well because we need people who are easily led, as well as a steady supply of refrigeration repairmen, consumers, jocks, soldiers, and line cooks.

This obviously got posted on the wrong side (my bad and no way to fix?).

 
 grokit  19 Aug 2008 21:44
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People who home tutor should be more social and it wouldn't cost more
 
 markrjg  02 Jun 2008 07:51
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 Ahem...people choose to pay private school fees...
by  sceptic101
 03 Jun 2008 20:25
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I think private school should be banned. Just because you have more money doesn't make you any different to any other child....
 
 sully  30 May 2008 18:46
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 no..i guess having more money makes you evil?? geez...Government school is a failed experiment. Wow...I can't wait for government run health care.
by  pathenry
 18 Oct 2008 03:44
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I don't necessarily believe it should be banned but I do think that more options for not wealthy children should be available. Private schools do have a better curriculum but this is because the teachers are better trained and get paid more. I think if the school systems had more money and the teachers got paid the same as private schools, public schools would be equivalent. Instead, here in America, we pay our athletes and actors/actresses millions of dollars while teachers make pennies. The system is all backwards and I think it is ridiculous that people think this is OK. If that money was invested in public schools, there would not be much difference between the two.
 
 curious  18 Apr 2008 01:48
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Private schooling should be banned! Every child should get similar schooling so that there is no difference when they get out in the market. Government institutions should be of high standards and made to accommodate every child.
Private schooling creates differences among the students. Students think they are superior and others are inferior. This goes on when they get out in the field and discrimination prevails because of schooling differences.
Reason why they should be banned is that they create class differences. Only people of elite class can afford private institutions. Their behavior and attitude differs in every way from that of the lower or middle class child.
To diminish these differences, private schools should be banned and Government institutions should prevail to make a homogeneous society.
 
 aquagirl  27 Mar 2008 08:32
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 Your first point is remarkably idealistic. Of course we would love the government to ensure education of a high standard, but at the moment that is not plausible.

I don't know how you came to the conclusion that pupils at private schools would feel superior. In case you hadn't noticed, it's the 'posh' children that get beaten up on their way home, and are outnumbered locally five-to-one.

The business of money is an old argument. Have you not heard of scholarships? Besides, many children and teenagers can't be bothered to go to school, so why should their attitude hinder the progress of those that actually want to learn?
by  sceptic101
 05 Apr 2008 20:31
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Private schooling is unnecessary to an extent. It is just a way to exploit wealth and to insenuate that the persons are better than others in my opinion. I honestly don't see the difference in private or public and i have been through both. Private is just a riskier financial decision is all.
 
 alex34  04 Feb 2008 02:09
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 Are private and public schools not the same thing?
by  sceptic101
 08 Apr 2008 18:58
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I agree with the fact that parents should be able to choose whether or not their child goes into private schooling and I can totally see where people are coming from, it's just that private schooled children spend a lot of their time not at school - they seem to have more time off than state school children when parents have paid a load of money for them to be there. I do think though that private schools do have better teaching, but if there was just one education system, all children would have the chance to have the same quality and level of teaching and education.
 
 aimee  10 Jan 2008 21:54
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 That is a winning statement. I agree totally. If the education system was the same throughout, then we wouldn't have this problem.
by  alex34
 04 Feb 2008 02:11
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I agree with your point. Private Education should be banned because of the following reasons:

1- If there was one education system, then all students would have equal rights to get the same level of education.

2- The standard of education will also be higher than that of state education.

So, only one education system is better.
 
 Simple  09 Dec 2007 19:00
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 1. Do all students deserve the same right to education?

2. There is no evidence of that. I would argue that the standard of education would decrease, as those who didn't want to learn would make school harder for those that did.
by  sceptic101
 05 Apr 2008 20:21
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I agree that there should be one education system which is state education system for all poor and rich. If there would be one education system then the private education will not exist. Every child has the equal rights in a state so the state is responsible to give them free education with a standard curriculum so that there would be no discrimination.
 
 cancer11  06 Dec 2007 17:59
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 This is just a slightly idealistic view on things. If the government were willing to invest more money in education, they would have done it years ago.
by  sceptic101
 18 Mar 2008 21:27
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How else would kids learn about Christian beliefs from a young age? Besides, a learning environment with Christians in it makes students feel more comfortable (if they are Christians).
 
 heracross1  26 Nov 2008 23:12
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I go to a private school and I love it!
 
 Feremeir1  22 Nov 2008 23:03
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 Though you don't like any of the girls there...
by  heracross1
 26 Nov 2008 23:12
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