Public School or Private School?

Have you got to the age where most if not all the people you know on social media are either about to have babies, already had SOME, or just won't stop talking about a potential baby that they or you could have? It's okay... Sooner or later we all get it or become it.

*The talk about babies, but you must got it by now

While writing about how unpleasant that is may well be the whole article, we're not doing it. Instead, what's more important is what comes after the baby, but not early childhood education because we're no expert in that field; specifically, we want to be discussing elementary education and the choices there are.

Here's what you already know but should bear in mind before reading ahead- teachers are just like normal people except they are willing to share their professional knowledge. Teachers are supposed to be philosophers, too, to have a high moral background, though that is considered optional in contemporary society.

Public Schools:

What is the first thing that came to mind seeing this, budget-friendly(cheap), old teachers, or low quality? Yes and no. The public school system is supported by the government and it's set for the basic requirement of the people. The principle of schooling may be as vague as "self-achieving, adaptive, and lifelong learning", something only understood by the few, but it's still a clear goal, for instance, not test-oriented.

Mandatory education is not for profit, therefore, affordable. The teacher recruits are also standardized which is a two-way sword. You can be guaranteed that it isn't low quality. What you may be thinking is a low-quality person that got the job by mistake. After all, education isn't something easily quantified.

Children who go to public schools have ordinary families. There, they will be taught basic knowledge, build their social skills, and be healthy. Please do not attend if you want more than these basic items. By ordinary, we mean to address those parent(s) who wish nothing more than their children to grow, instead of presupposing their future. Ideal education itself is open, flexible, and unpredictable; it creates a chemical reaction to countless results. Let it happen, and always be there for the children.

Private Schools:

If you haven't planned up "everything" for your kids, then you're likely sending one kid there for the price of many. Private institutions are essentially the opposite of their counterpart above. It is well-designed for students whose families want them to achieve high academic goals, attending the most celebrated schools, and having affairs overseas...etc. It isn't better but it isn't bad either. The key is to know what you want or what you want for your children.

More often than not, the decision of choosing a system brings a lot of tension among couples. Forget not, there's always a chance to change. You do not need to guilt-trip yourselves into thinking you are or might have ruined anyone's life. The truth is, children adapt. Even should you become a single parent, your best offer is what they deserve before adulthood.

Alternative Schools:

This is where boundaries are really thinning down. Alternative systems, or as they are also called "experimental", are somewhere between conventional ones and their own unique ones. "Systems" with an "s", is to mean that in this category lies many others. To clarify, if you can't categorize a system in either public or private, it is here.

Students here don't actually do "science" every day (sorry, it's a joke. Please laugh.). Rather, the school and teachers can finally teach the way they believe for the very necessary goals listed by the government. You don't need to worry that once enrollment your kids will not fit in in the outside world; it's not a cult.

To leave a quick comment for this type, we would say... it's a fancy public school where your money is spent on the quality of real education which probably looks random if you are result-based. The principles of alternative schools, as well as staff because they're chosen to be, usually have a strong philosophy in education and would run programs exactly their ways or they won't accept you at all. Therefore, they have interviews for families and open-school days for visitors. They would really know who they are letting in. After all, if they cannot choose who to work with, why bother having gone through the tremendous difficulties of starting a school.

After School Programs:

At last, there is a novel program in the old ones. After-school programs are simply "things children do after school". Typically there are three options, joining a school club, daycare, or cram school.

School clubs are usually for sports with their PE teacher and before they start, students stay in classrooms with a teacher for their homework and recess. Daycares usually do the same as that but replace competitive sports to occasional visits to the nearby park depending on individual owners. Daycares are a sunset industry because they can't keep up with the pace of the world. However, by combining with cram schools, which is highly test-oriented, daycares might survive for a little longer.

Ta-da! Colearning joins the game. No one can tell you exactly what teachers and students do in colearning because it only has an outline, the philosophy of the teachers, or the organization behind. We could, nonetheless, tell you what it is about. Colearning is a fusion of all kinds of education where young students are treated as children, where they could find and be themselves as well as the teachers. It represents an attitude about learning, living, and learning in living. Still haven't got a clue? That's normal. You just need to find a teacher who believes in education and who you also believe.

To choose an educational system or program for your children is to do the same for yourselves. Don't fight it; find the one that is closest to your ideology and be truthful.

Andy's colearning.

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