I have posted before about the education system and how I felt about public vs private school. After having my son in private school for 3 years, he is now back in public school. See my prior posts here:
Path to Private School and My Education Rant.
Was it worth it to have him in private school? Now there's a question.
I think he would have done well in public school although there is no doubt he did get challenged in private school. It would seem that the question isn't so much public vs private, but more, who is the teacher?
I've also taken a step back in my expectations and how I view education.
I have always compared the kind of schoolwork that my son does with what I did when I was growing up. I came from a different education system, where we would spend hours doing homework and revision for tests and extra lessons was normal. My son? He is in middle school and does his homework in school and spends no more than 30 minutes at home doing work.
If I don't compare his with my experiences, I don't panic. I have to remember, he is doing well if I consider just how he is doing and he is also doing well compared to his peers.
He cannot match my nieces (in Trinidad) in terms of their discipline, diligence and sheer ability to memorize and consume volumes of information, but he has something that they do not have.
He will grow up in the US.
Path to Private School and My Education Rant.
Was it worth it to have him in private school? Now there's a question.
I think he would have done well in public school although there is no doubt he did get challenged in private school. It would seem that the question isn't so much public vs private, but more, who is the teacher?
I've also taken a step back in my expectations and how I view education.
I have always compared the kind of schoolwork that my son does with what I did when I was growing up. I came from a different education system, where we would spend hours doing homework and revision for tests and extra lessons was normal. My son? He is in middle school and does his homework in school and spends no more than 30 minutes at home doing work.
If I don't compare his with my experiences, I don't panic. I have to remember, he is doing well if I consider just how he is doing and he is also doing well compared to his peers.
He cannot match my nieces (in Trinidad) in terms of their discipline, diligence and sheer ability to memorize and consume volumes of information, but he has something that they do not have.
He will grow up in the US.
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