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Private Schools Should Be Banned.
Why should children who just happened to be born of rich parents have access to a higher quality of education? I believe that all children should have the chance to access a high quality of education, based on their ability and willingness to learn, and not on their parents wealth
 JRCBailey  26 Feb 2008 00:07
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Education should be equall
 
 Ruairidh  14 Nov 2008 11:34
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Bad, bad bad idea. That would be mixing people who actually want to learn something with others who hate school and wreck it for everyone else.
 
 gogo303ng  01 Nov 2008 10:10
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The idea that any school should be banned is terrible. Education needs to be vastly improved, however. The idea of resenting families who can afford a better education for their kids also seems backwards. It's the type of mentality that starts and widens social divides. In other words, poor and rich kids are destined to never get along because it is easy to stereotype private schools as one way and public schools as another way.
Unfortunately, you can't outlaw being a jerk. Money doesn't buy happiness, education doesn't determine your future. It's all in how your raised, and the type of person you are. School has very little to do with anything. Except for a few lines on commercials trying to get your money. Where do you think they went to school?
 
 Professor  26 Jul 2008 04:04
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Some kids need smaller classes to get more help/attention.
 
 im_trumpet  22 Apr 2008 20:32
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No they shouldn't.
As we speak I got to a Private school.
The only reason why I go there is because I am a Christian, and it is a Christian school. There are hardly any differences except that we have an extra class, and we have to wear uniforms which are fine. They are expensive but it is totally worth it.
 
 Potterpal7  15 Apr 2008 14:02
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 Hey
wat skool do you go to because I go to Richmond Christian School.
by  BuzoReN
 31 May 2008 04:16
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It is often said that private schools are solely meant for children coming from middle or elite classes, not the poor. But as a matter of fact, a considerable count of seats is reserved in the private schools for the poor who are provided at a reduced cost or sometimes for free. As the admission process is quite competitive in private schools the bunch of children studying there are the best of the lot. The private schools are run by independent funding which give them the independence to design the activities and curriculum without any budget constraint. Generally there are limited students in each class and each student get individual attention. The parents are taking special interest in sending their children to the private schools. We should also welcome these schools to fulfill the need of exceptional quality education and a qualified dynamic future generation.
 
 sudipa  15 Apr 2008 13:59
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I believe that such a proposition is insanity and unfeasible. Firstly, private schools reduce the student body of public schools, therefore allowing more attention for those who do not attend private schools. Furthermore, for those who can afford private school, it is a chance to accelerate learning and also serves as another school for them to go to should they not desire to continue further education at a public school. I understand the viewpoint and arguments which may be argued for this case and banning private schools, yet I believe that banning private schools would be confining education to only one source, therefore limiting students with a higher capacity for learning who wish to pursue a elevated level of schooling.
 
 chilipadi  24 Mar 2008 03:34
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Instead of banning private schools, it would be better to aim for public schools to be of such a quality that parents don't want to send their children to private schools. If public provision falls short, as it so often does in many different spheres, it would be wrong to force parents to suppress their child's potential because of some misguided notion of equality.

You might as well argue that exceptionally intelligent children should be partially lobotomised to bring them down to the intellectual level of others, because it's unfair that they should have a genetic advantage over them.
 
 Hidell  26 Feb 2008 23:23
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 Thanks, I agree. Perhaps I put my argument badly. I didn't mean to target the children who are privileged enough to have a private education, and suggest that they be deprived of that high quality of education. Merely that those who are not born into a wealthy family, but are clearly bright enough, should have access to the same quality of education.

Although, it appears that some people believe that private education is not necessarily of a higher quality than state run education. Whilst others say that your future prospects in life are not down to your education, but how you are brought up and what kind of attitude you have towards education.

If both cases are true, then why pay £50,000 a year or so on your children education in the first place?
by  JRCBailey
 27 Feb 2008 00:36
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I went to a state and a public school, and my public school was better by far. Every one has the right to an education, and if you can afford it, it should be your choice weather you spend money on a good school or take a free education in over crowded state school.(public school is the one you pay for)
 
 muin13  26 Feb 2008 15:34
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Why? Is it wrong to be rich to be able to afford expensive things? If you can not be born in a rich family, you can work hard to make your kids born in a rich family.
 
 uberlovely  26 Feb 2008 12:08
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They shouldn't be banned, but they most certainly should be held to certain standards and minimums in curriculum. It doesn't make sense for them to be able to teach whatever nonsense they feel like just because they can get away with it.
 
 Cephus  26 Feb 2008 06:57
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 But it's okay for public schools to teach "whatever nonsense they feel like just because they can get away with it"?
by  momof3
 26 May 2008 01:47
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The idea that any school should be banned is terrible. Education needs to be vastly improved, however. The idea of resenting families who can afford a better education for their kids also seems backwards. It's the type of mentality that starts and widens social divides. In other words, poor and rich kids are destined to never get along because it is easy to stereotype private schools as one way and public schools as another way.
Unfortunately, you can't outlaw being a jerk. Money doesn't buy happiness, education doesn't determine your future. It's all in how your raised, and the type of person you are. School has very little to do with anything. Except for a few lines on commercials trying to get your money. Where do you think they went to school? ::shrugs::
 
 characters  26 Feb 2008 06:01
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It should be up to individual families how they school. If a family has the means and the desire to send their kids to private school, so be it. It's not such a different concept, for this debate, than home school. A family doesn't have to be well off to school at home, and should have the option of doing so. The quality of education in many public schools is equal to or higher than that of private schools.
 
 Chell  26 Feb 2008 05:55
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 i agree there the stereotype of public schools being impoverished and private schools being some safehaven is pretty exaggerated. The extremes, and schools in general, shouldn't be targeted as some sort of generic or conspiratorial enemy.
by  characters
 26 Feb 2008 06:05
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No. The difference between a private school and a public school is where they get their funding. Public schools get their funding from the tax payers of the state they live in and a private schools gains money from the tuition the student's families pay. The only reason most public schools are considered at a lower education rate is because a lot of the time they cant get enough money for various reasons involving taxes, while private schools get a steady flow of money every semester or year. It all about where they get their money, how mush they get. And how often they get it. People didn't just one day decide that poor kids should go to a separate than rich kids
 
 SIKLEMIND3  26 Feb 2008 03:19
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