I don’t normally use this blog to rant and rave about the issues. But, I recently saw a blog that I follow on Facebook post a video of a bunch of school aged girls fighting to the point where fireman had to spray their hoses to get them to calm down. Her comment was in the effect of “this is just another reason not to send my kids to public schools” or something to that affect.
So. Public schools make kids bad?
While I totally disagree with her comment, I didn’t use the platform to voice my opinion. I probably only follow her on Facebook because it was part of a giveaway or something. So I didn’t want to put the effort in to it and cause a big discussion on somebody’s page that I don’t know. So….I decided I’d voice my opinion here on my own platform.
My son will more than likely go to public school. We do have a private Catholic school that we *might* send him to though. Not sure on that yet. The reason I was put off by her comment was because I felt like she was basing her opinion on public schools by one school in NYC. I’m sure she has other reasons for not liking public school but to say something like that over one school in one town really threw me.
Yes, there are some public schools that aren’t the best and may be rougher than others. Does that mean I’m going to base my opinion on public schools off one school thousands of miles away from me? No way.
I live in what is considered rural Iowa. I grew up in fairly small town of about 12,000 people. We had the public schools and the private Catholic school. I will tell you from experience, the kids that went to the private school were mostly the ones getting in trouble for various activities including parties and even theft.
So, I guess my point is that just because kids go to public schools does not mean they are bad kids. Private schools do not mean your kids are going to be perfect by any means. In my opinion, part of the way your children behave and act is based on how you as a parent raise your children, not what school they attend.
Thanks for letting me sound off a little bit. It’s something that I wanted to get off my chest. 
I 110% agree with you! And that is not right to say because some people can not afford to go to privet school and since they can not afford that I am sure their parents are working so home schooling is out as well. I went to public school I graduated in the top 10 of my class of over 400 students my son is in public school and get gets all As and one B
My daughter will go to public school as well. We have many privet schools here from Charter to Catholic and unfortunately I can not think of any good reason why I would send them there over our public school? Children are a product of their home environment. 90% of children are just like their parents. I live right outside of Boston and there is some BAD areas and let me tell you the kids that come out of their inherit the project houses their parents had because honestly working as a medic in the city I have seen this first hand their parents are just like them. Fight outside fist fight swear hit and even kill there is very few that come out of there any different. I am not racists or thinking badly about any parents I myself and not perfect but if you raise your child right no school is going to change that. Oh and there is a post on my Blog Mommy2Nanny3Doggy1.com going up soon about my sons public school english teacher did how I handled it and what my son said I dont know if you want to read that later 
There is no excuse for fighting. When my son was a teen, I told him whatever you do, don't get involved in a fight, even if one of your buddies started it and you just want to help him out because you never know if the other kid has a knife in his pocket. We're not talking about fist fights these days, it's guns or knives. Teach your kids to walk away from a confrontation.
thanks for your commet. I could send my son to the most expensive private school around. But if I don't at least try to raise him to respect others and treat them how he wants to be treated, the best private school is not going to affect how he acts.