State, Private Or Home Schooling?

[Lellow]

Morning

I haven't been reading or watching anything this time, it just came frm the top of my wee head

Anyway, i know alot of our LO's are still pretty teeny weeny and perhaps alot of us might not have even thought about it, but i just wondered if any of you had given it a thought and whether you have a preference as to your childs future schooling options.

Personally i am completely against home schooling, i dont like the idea of it and ive seen an awful example of home schooling going really wrong and its put me off completely.
Also i believe that a child should have other children to interact with, it builds social skills and it introduces you to a multitude of different cultures, religions and social statuses too.

The likelyhood really is that Aymen will probably go to a state school due to the lack of funds.
We live comfortabley enough to afford luxuries and to put some away too each month but NOTHING in the region of being able to maintain private schooling.
However if things dramatically changed in the next few yrs, then without hesitation, id send Aymen to a private school in a heartbeat as id feel i was investing in his future.

I have lots of other reasons why my preference would be private schooling which i wont bore you with right now, maybe later

Anyway, tell me what you guys think...

 

[special_kala]

isnt public school the same as private?

 

[xemmax]

isnt public school the same as private?

Yep, it's state or public. We'd like Oliver to go to public school funds permitting. It depends on whether we have more children!

 

[kelly29]

private i think is for rich parents but i do know a few that do go to private schools and tbh there kids pretty much stink lol my kids go to a normal school and there all very bright xx

 

[Odd Socks]

i'm quite happy for bella to go to a good state school. both oh & i did & we've done well from it.
xx

 

[jackiea85]

My husband went to a private school and wants our boys to do the same, so they will go to state primary and private secondary hopefully! I think homeschooling has it's benefits if it is done properly but it's something my husband isn't happy with so I intend to teach things as home as well as sending them to school x

 

[New Mrs W]

As a primary school teacher, I genuinely believe that primary school is VITAL to the child even after they've left for high school as it is here where they develop their attitude to learning. I will be sending Frankie to our local Catholic primary school and after that we will see. I would like him to go to public school as my husband went to public school and thereare so many advantages to it in later life. I'm not saying a child from a state school couldn't do as well as a child from a public school (I am a product of neither, I went to Catholic schools all my life but they're not public schools and I've done pretty well for myself) but it is much easier for a public school child to get to where they want to be quicker because of "The Old Boys' Network". My husband has said that when he was younger and going for job interviews the employers would often look at his CV and say, "Oh, you're a Reigate Grammar old boy?" and he was pretty much in there.

However, mu husband has said that he wouldn't want Frankie to go to public school unless we were something like millionaires. His parents weren't poor when he was at school, but compared to some of the other boys there they were practically on the poverty line! He got the mick taken out of him for this and although he could always stand his own ground, he wouldn't want Frankie to go through the same thing.

 

[EternalRose]

Private school for my Abigail all the way...

 

[New Mrs W]

And just to add, I'm a firm believer that if a child wants to learn and do well, they will do it wherever they go to school, and vice versa.

 

[jackiea85]

Private school for my Abigail all the way...

Did you enjoy NSG as much as I did then ER?

 

[EternalRose]

Private school for my Abigail all the way...

Did you enjoy NSG as much as I did then ER?

That school gave me jokes init....no in all seriousness I actually thought it was a really good school. However, I like the private school ethos; they place a lot more emphasis on extra curricular activities and they provide them. Horse Riding, Ballet, Tap Dancing e.t.c and oppurtunities do present themselves more, if you are at a private school. Its 'who' you know... The private girls school I want Abigail to go to offer all of these things..and I want her to experience them.

 

[sarah0108]

Mine will be going to state school even if I could afford it I wouldn't send them to private school. I went to state school and came out with GCSE's all A-C grade and I was pregnant in my last year
Going to state school hasn't stopped my friends from getting good grades or into uni's either. Personally (not being disrespectful) I wouldn't want to pay all the money for a private school knowing they could achieve the same things and do well for themselves by going to a state school.

 

[sequeena]

State, but not the one I went to

 

[jackiea85]

Private school for my Abigail all the way...

Did you enjoy NSG as much as I did then ER?

That school gave me jokes init....no in all seriousness I actually thought it was a really good school. However, I like the private school ethos; they place a lot more emphasis on extra curricular activities and they provide them. Horse Riding, Ballet, Tap Dancing e.t.c and oppurtunities do present themselves more, if you are at a private school. Its 'who' you know... The private girls school I want Abigail to go to offer all of these things..and I want Abigail to experience it.

I know what you mean, my SIL went to the high school and Matt went to one in MK and they had so many more opportunities in terms of activities, plus the class sizes are much smaller x

 

[BunnyFace]

Morning

I haven't been reading or watching anything this time, it just came frm the top of my wee head

Anyway, i know alot of our LO's are still pretty teeny weeny and perhaps alot of us might not have even thought about it, but i just wondered if any of you had given it a thought and whether you have a preference as to your childs future schooling options.

Personally i am completely against home schooling, i dont like the idea of it and ive seen an awful example of home schooling going really wrong and its put me off completely.
Also i believe that a child should have other children to interact with, it builds social skills and it introduces you to a multitude of different cultures, religions and social statuses too.

The likelyhood really is that Aymen will probably go to a public school due to the lack of funds.
We live comfortabley enough to afford luxuries and to put some away too each month but NOTHING in the region of being able to maintain private schooling.
However if things dramatically changed in the next few yrs, then without hesitation, id send Aymen to a private school in a heartbeat as id feel i was investing in his future.

I have lots of other reasons why my preference would be private schooling which i wont bore you with right now, maybe later

Anyway, tell me what you guys think...

I was homeschooled and there are plenty of after school activities, homeschooling groups etc for social interaction. I was working at A level standard at age 11/12 and got my first A* a level age 13.
I was socialising everyday, i went to ballet, swimming, music lessons, horse riding lessons etc during my childhood.
When you are homeschooled its not like you are cut off from the world and if anything it benefits education as you are one-to-one with yours tutors all the time.
I am interested to know what put you off.
Eloise will be homeschooled as the schools round here are blooming awful.

 

[littlepne]

I'm not against the idea of home schooling, I think there's plenty of opportunities for children to socialise without being at school. And not all kids at school are nice anyway, going to school doesn't always mean being better at socialising, sometimes the opposite could be true and a child may feel more comfortable around other children for being home schooled.

Personally, I wouldn't send my children to public/private school, there seems to be an "us and them" mentality, look at the politicians! But there's a huge divide even between these schools, mainly down to money/fees.

So it'll probably be state school, even though I hated it!

 

[aob1013]

Leni will be going to private/public school all the way through from Primary school.

 

[discoclare]

We could afford private education if we wanted but we are going to choose state education. My OH and I both went to state schools. We both got very good grades at GCSE and A level, he went to Cambridge and I went to a very good university (though TBF it wasn't Oxbridge). I don't believe the "Old Boys Network" is as much in operation as it used to be, companies don't want to carry people in these economic times, your education and work experience will count for much more than whether your not you went to Harrow. I think going to a good degree from a good university is much more important than a certain school, and I believe a bright child will do well in a state school.

I have these kinds of discussions with my friends all the time, many of whom went to exclusive schools and already have their babies' names down.

 

[fuzzylu]

I would love to send my Boys to private school. I am dyslexic (you might have noticed from the bad spelling) and I feel I would have benifited from small class sizes and the extra that private schools offer. However we do not earn enough money to pay fees for such a school, couldnt for one child let alone 2. If we evr win the lottery I would def move them to a private school a good local one couldnt send them to bording school though would miss them too much.

Also fo rme its not about them getting better grades going to private school as I believe they could get just as good grades at a state school. Its just more about the extra help and support from a private school to help bring out their full potential.
xx

 

[leelee]

I will be sending my LO to state school. We hope to have moved back to Ireland by then anyway and private schools aren't such a big thing over there. It is quite rare to have them.

I will definitely be quite choosy when it comes to picking schools but from my own personal experience I think it is just as important to have parents who take the time to do homework with the child & keep up to date with that, than having an amazing school. The secondary school I went to wasn't great (my choice, my mother wanted me to go to an all girls convent school across the road) but thanks to my mother having such an interest and input into my school work I managed to achieve everything I set out to do academically.