originally posted in:Secular Sevens
Public: depends on the income level of your area (in the US, that is). If you're poor, you'll probably be going to a school that's nothing more than a glorified daycare center. Otherwise, public should be sufficient.
Private: A great portion of these are religious, which is a real turn-off. But still, the only people who could afford a really good private school are the people who need them least, as previously described.
Homeschooling: Probably has the potential the be the best out of the three, but of course, there's the lack of social skills that comes along with it. Call that a generalization, but in my experience, it's true.
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Religious schools just require you to go to mass, and R.E is not optional. It would be illegal for them not to teach actual science, well here in the Uk anyway. If the US actually let's religious schools teach that all science is wrong and the earth is only a few thousand years old, then your government is retarded. Of course most religious people are smart enough to know that God and science can co-exist and don't need laws preventing them from do that.
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Some private American Protestant schools [i]do[/i] teach that the Earth is 6000 years old, and that men coexisted with dinosaurs and stuff like that.
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Well, most private religious schools would teach the best and most accurate science they could. They cannot risk their students being underprepared or ignorant of important scientific knowledge going into college or the workforce. That would ruin the reputation of the school and take away paying students.
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The real question... how do we make sure that a homeschooling parent is actually able to do the job? If that could be ensured, than it definitely could be the best.
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Generally there are standardized tests that the student must take every year.
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Ah, something I didn't know. Good to know.