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kane · 09-28-2010, 01:51 PM

There are so many things wrong with the current school system that it makes me sick.

The average cost of private school in the US is about $6500 per year per student.
The average cost of public school in the US is about $13,000 per year per student.

So it costs twice as much to send a kid to public school as private, yet the public schools are clearly inferior.

Here is another little tid bit of joy. Most 8th grades no longer "graduate" students. What this means is that there is no actual qualifications that a student needs to meet in order to graduate 8th grade. My nephew literally failed every class but PE his 8th grade year and he was still sent on. They now call it a "promotion of excellence". The school told my brother that they would not hold my nephew back unless they were instructed to do so by the parents. The school gets paid based on how many kids they move to the next level so they make sure that they move them all no matter what.

One more example. The high school I went to had about 700 students in it. That same high school now has about 850 students. When I went there we had 1 principle and 1 vice principle and 1 counselor per grade (total of 4). That same school now has 3 vice principles. A principle. A dean of students an assistant dean of students there are at least 12 different counselors as well as at least two assistants to the vice principles. So the number of students increased by 15% but they hired 14 more people who all make pretty good money. It is a complete waste of money. They have all these extra, unnecessary people working there, yet they say they can't afford janitor service so they make the kids take out the garbage and sweep the classroom floors. It is no wonder why a pubic school costs so much, a lot of the money is just wasted.

09-28-2010, 01:51 PM
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	There are so many things wrong with the current school system that it makes me sick. The average cost of private school in the US is about $6500 per year per student. The average cost of public school in the US is about $13,000 per year per student. So it costs twice as much to send a kid to public school as private, yet the public schools are clearly inferior. Here is another little tid bit of joy. Most 8th grades no longer "graduate" students. What this means is that there is no actual qualifications that a student needs to meet in order to graduate 8th grade. My nephew literally failed every class but PE his 8th grade year and he was still sent on. They now call it a "promotion of excellence". The school told my brother that they would not hold my nephew back unless they were instructed to do so by the parents. The school gets paid based on how many kids they move to the next level so they make sure that they move them all no matter what. One more example. The high school I went to had about 700 students in it. That same high school now has about 850 students. When I went there we had 1 principle and 1 vice principle and 1 counselor per grade (total of 4). That same school now has 3 vice principles. A principle. A dean of students an assistant dean of students there are at least 12 different counselors as well as at least two assistants to the vice principles. So the number of students increased by 15% but they hired 14 more people who all make pretty good money. It is a complete waste of money. They have all these extra, unnecessary people working there, yet they say they can't afford janitor service so they make the kids take out the garbage and sweep the classroom floors. It is no wonder why a pubic school costs so much, a lot of the money is just wasted.