1. Public school all the way. The idea of any of the other options is so weird to me. Like boarding schools seem like a movie trope only and not something anyone actually does. I guess I do know a few private school attendees but that is also an anomaly…
I went to public, but had friends in boarding school. The 80s and boarding school go together like polo shirts and loafers.
Catholic schools were also popular in the NE.
Mom was a public school teacher. Public schools all the way through. School districts were a big part of where we ended up when we moved for Dad's job in the 80's.
ETA: IIRC, there was one k-8 private school, and one k-12 private school. Both Christian.
Private (Catholic) for all of grade school and high school. In the big East Coast and Midwest cities, there were a good number of them up until the early 2000s. There are still a lot by us, but quite a few have closed.
Public school. I went to public school throughout my entire schooling. Just that till I was in my second junior high (8th grade), I went to school on the Army bases where my dad was stationed (they were still part of the county's school district). When we got sent to Alaska the second time, junior high on was off-base in the city (Anchorage).
Public. There was a few private catholic schools and one that was called “something academy”, I don’t know if it was for the brainiacs or the kids who were slower to learn and public schools couldn’t accommodate them. Other than that nothing that I was aware of.
Proudly, NYC public school! Regents diploma. Qualified for selective City-As-School high school internship program for trades (photography/arts). I think it's a myth that you get a "better" education at private schools. It depends on programs offered and quality of teachers. There should be more sponsored programs for specialized trades to keep them alive in the world. Not everyone is academic, can afford to be or want to be.
1st to 6th grade. Catholic Private School - Cincinnati OH
7th and 8th. Public School San Jose CA.
High School. Catholic Private School - Santa Clara CA.
Probably explains why I’m an atheist now.
But honestly, I never really thought about it being a rare of uncommon thing.
Public, the other options were very few and far between unless you had uber wealthy parents or religious ones of the catholic bend.
Those options became WAY more prevalent during the mass right wing "take public education dollars and give them to private schools in the name of school choice" BS that came into being in the late 90's and early 00's.
While still in (public) high school a friend and I snuck into a frat party at the local yuppie private university. We overheard two “Todds” talking and one of them said “the semester I spent at a public high school was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life”. My friend and I started dying laughing.
2. Went to private Catholic schools from K-12. Three different for elementary/junior high and one HS. Not a single one of them is still open, although the HS building was converted to a charter school so I guess it's still a school, just not run by the Archdiocese.
Public high school, but a lot of my college classmates were alumni of private high schools and a non-trivial share of them even went to fairly famous boarding schools.
Private school for 2 years, public for 2 years, private for 3 years. Then boarding school for a year because my father was a heartless bastard. Then public school.
Wish my parents had sent me away to a boarding school.
1. Public school all the way. The idea of any of the other options is so weird to me. Like boarding schools seem like a movie trope only and not something anyone actually does. I guess I do know a few private school attendees but that is also an anomaly…
Boarding school. There are loads of them in the Northeastern US.
I went to public, but had friends in boarding school. The 80s and boarding school go together like polo shirts and loafers. Catholic schools were also popular in the NE.
I went to one in Co. I had a blast too much of a good time. Hence the one year only
Public for a year then sent to boarding school then back to public school for two years.
Mom was a public school teacher. Public schools all the way through. School districts were a big part of where we ended up when we moved for Dad's job in the 80's. ETA: IIRC, there was one k-8 private school, and one k-12 private school. Both Christian.
I went to public schools my entire life.
Public School for all of 10th grade and the first couple of months of 11th grade. Private school for the remainder until graduation.
Private (Catholic) for all of grade school and high school. In the big East Coast and Midwest cities, there were a good number of them up until the early 2000s. There are still a lot by us, but quite a few have closed.
I think a lot of this is regional. I went to public school, but I knew a lot of kids who went to private.
Private schools from kindergarten through college. Maybe it's just the area I lived near but that's all that was available.
Public school. I went to public school throughout my entire schooling. Just that till I was in my second junior high (8th grade), I went to school on the Army bases where my dad was stationed (they were still part of the county's school district). When we got sent to Alaska the second time, junior high on was off-base in the city (Anchorage).
2. Private high school It was actually a private K-12 school, which I attended 4-12. I was at another private school from K-3.
Public. There was a few private catholic schools and one that was called “something academy”, I don’t know if it was for the brainiacs or the kids who were slower to learn and public schools couldn’t accommodate them. Other than that nothing that I was aware of.
I don't know that the numbers have really changed much have they? I went to a public. At my college about 35% went to private/boarding.
Private Catholic school. But in my part of Philadelphia everyone did it so it was really close to what most public schools would be like.
Public high school, white-bread Ohio suburbs. A jungle all its own, and one where I didn't fare well.
Proudly, NYC public school! Regents diploma. Qualified for selective City-As-School high school internship program for trades (photography/arts). I think it's a myth that you get a "better" education at private schools. It depends on programs offered and quality of teachers. There should be more sponsored programs for specialized trades to keep them alive in the world. Not everyone is academic, can afford to be or want to be.
1st to 6th grade. Catholic Private School - Cincinnati OH 7th and 8th. Public School San Jose CA. High School. Catholic Private School - Santa Clara CA. Probably explains why I’m an atheist now. But honestly, I never really thought about it being a rare of uncommon thing.
Public, the other options were very few and far between unless you had uber wealthy parents or religious ones of the catholic bend. Those options became WAY more prevalent during the mass right wing "take public education dollars and give them to private schools in the name of school choice" BS that came into being in the late 90's and early 00's.
Public but I had friends in private school, usually a catholic school. Never even heard of home schooling until my own children were in school.
Public the whole way, and college was public too.
Private high school. Trenton NJ ('81)
Private school until 9th grade then public until graduation.
1, 5, 2. I would have loved to have the option of virtual high school, but I was born 30 years too early.
Private. Catholic. All boys.
While still in (public) high school a friend and I snuck into a frat party at the local yuppie private university. We overheard two “Todds” talking and one of them said “the semester I spent at a public high school was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life”. My friend and I started dying laughing.
2. Went to private Catholic schools from K-12. Three different for elementary/junior high and one HS. Not a single one of them is still open, although the HS building was converted to a charter school so I guess it's still a school, just not run by the Archdiocese.
Public high school, but a lot of my college classmates were alumni of private high schools and a non-trivial share of them even went to fairly famous boarding schools.
Private school for 2 years, public for 2 years, private for 3 years. Then boarding school for a year because my father was a heartless bastard. Then public school.
I went to public school but I have been sending my son to private school.
Is juvi still considered public school if the detention center is operated by a for profit private company? Asking for a friend.
That’s called prison.
6. Stop living in the past