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Originally Posted by originalhypa
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There are a multitude of reasons why private school is a better choice than public school. I won't get into them all, but I will say that when you're working for the gov't and have the union backing you, it's very hard to lose your job regardless of how poor your performance is. So why care? We have had some great teachers over the years. We have also had some very bad ones.
A prime example is my daughter's high school math teacher. The lady is horribly disorganized and a poor communicator, and that makes it harder for me as a parent to monitor my daughter's math education. Rewind to when I was in private school, and the teachers were in contact with my parents the moment I slipped up. In essence, they cared a lot more than the average public servant. It goes beyond "smarts". It's more about caring and doing a good job.
Chances are that guy would have been a douchebag regardless of where he went to school. Going to a good school introduced him to a higher level of individual. Whereas if he had gone to a public school, chances are he would have been a great car salesman.
Your example pretty much proved the point that Z3 guy was trying to make.
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you're absolutely bang on - i suppose the difference is that my wife and I will be taking a massively proactive interest in our kids' development and learning - when they are born, my life will be all about generating wealth to leave to them (via a trust accessibly at age 65 - sorry kids, no freebies!) and developing them to live a life better than the one i have had (as should be all parents' desire, in my opinion, no matter where you come from).
To me, school is there as a social thing and to provide text books. Beyond this, and I will get chastised for sounding arrogant, but what do i care, i believe I can teach my kids better than some government employee. (One should note that I have taught finance courses at UBC and in post graduate professional designations).
I absolutely see the value of private education to most. If someone else were paying for it, i would strongly consider it.