Carmel valley schools v. “Private schools”

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Thanks. That’s interesting.

So, you live in Carmel Valley and you send your kids to private school ?

That’s just wierd. Not in a bad way. Just that I expect people to live in Carmel Valley so they can send their kids to the nice, free schools there.

If I sent my kids to private school, I certainly wouldn’t live in CV, even if the school were there.

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I think we also need to challenge the idea that higher income schools equal better quality teachers. Some of the smartest people I know are teachers, and they chose to take a lower salary to teach in lower-income and less “prestigious” schools because of their desire to make a difference and help out those who are less fortunate. I know a lot of teachers, and all of them have chosen this route. I wonder if this is just my personal little anecdote, or whether it has legs beyond my circle of teacher friends.

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I think we also need to challenge the idea that higher income schools equal better quality teachers. Some of the smartest people I know are teachers, and they chose to take a lower salary to teach in lower-income and less “prestigious” schools because of their desire to make a difference and help out those who are less fortunate. I know a lot of teachers, and all of them have chosen this route. I wonder if this is just my personal little anecdote, or whether it has legs beyond my circle of teacher friends.

[afx114]

I think we also need to challenge the idea that higher income schools equal better quality teachers. Some of the smartest people I know are teachers, and they chose to take a lower salary to teach in lower-income and less “prestigious” schools because of their desire to make a difference and help out those who are less fortunate. I know a lot of teachers, and all of them have chosen this route. I wonder if this is just my personal little anecdote, or whether it has legs beyond my circle of teacher friends.

[afx114]

I think we also need to challenge the idea that higher income schools equal better quality teachers. Some of the smartest people I know are teachers, and they chose to take a lower salary to teach in lower-income and less “prestigious” schools because of their desire to make a difference and help out those who are less fortunate. I know a lot of teachers, and all of them have chosen this route. I wonder if this is just my personal little anecdote, or whether it has legs beyond my circle of teacher friends.

[afx114]

I think we also need to challenge the idea that higher income schools equal better quality teachers. Some of the smartest people I know are teachers, and they chose to take a lower salary to teach in lower-income and less “prestigious” schools because of their desire to make a difference and help out those who are less fortunate. I know a lot of teachers, and all of them have chosen this route. I wonder if this is just my personal little anecdote, or whether it has legs beyond my circle of teacher friends.

[fredo4]

[quote=lizzers]One thing that I don’t think anyone has touched on yet is how your child feels. I think either choice – a CV public school or a private school will provide a good academic environment, but if your child is unhappy it won’t matter.

I went to all of them in San Diego–public, private, and parochial. I had great experiences at some, not so great experiences at others. There was a year when I was miserable…when my parents saw this they pulled me out and I chose where I wanted to go. As a result, I excelled academically and my overall happiness improved greatly.

Another important point is extracurricular activities..it is no longer about who has the highest SAT score. Universities are looking for well rounded individuals.

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I never wanted to go to my all girl High school at the time- what sane teenager would?
The work was harder, they called your home everytime you missed school so no one could get away with ditching and there were NO boys.
Now I’m happy that my parents made me go. I got an infinately better education and because it was just expected that everyone went to college after high school, everyone did. In fact, in most of the Catholic high schools that I’ve ever checked out future college attendance is over 98%.

[fredo4]

[quote=lizzers]One thing that I don’t think anyone has touched on yet is how your child feels. I think either choice – a CV public school or a private school will provide a good academic environment, but if your child is unhappy it won’t matter.

I went to all of them in San Diego–public, private, and parochial. I had great experiences at some, not so great experiences at others. There was a year when I was miserable…when my parents saw this they pulled me out and I chose where I wanted to go. As a result, I excelled academically and my overall happiness improved greatly.

Another important point is extracurricular activities..it is no longer about who has the highest SAT score. Universities are looking for well rounded individuals.

[/quote]

I never wanted to go to my all girl High school at the time- what sane teenager would?
The work was harder, they called your home everytime you missed school so no one could get away with ditching and there were NO boys.
Now I’m happy that my parents made me go. I got an infinately better education and because it was just expected that everyone went to college after high school, everyone did. In fact, in most of the Catholic high schools that I’ve ever checked out future college attendance is over 98%.

[fredo4]

[quote=lizzers]One thing that I don’t think anyone has touched on yet is how your child feels. I think either choice – a CV public school or a private school will provide a good academic environment, but if your child is unhappy it won’t matter.

I went to all of them in San Diego–public, private, and parochial. I had great experiences at some, not so great experiences at others. There was a year when I was miserable…when my parents saw this they pulled me out and I chose where I wanted to go. As a result, I excelled academically and my overall happiness improved greatly.

Another important point is extracurricular activities..it is no longer about who has the highest SAT score. Universities are looking for well rounded individuals.

[/quote]

I never wanted to go to my all girl High school at the time- what sane teenager would?
The work was harder, they called your home everytime you missed school so no one could get away with ditching and there were NO boys.
Now I’m happy that my parents made me go. I got an infinately better education and because it was just expected that everyone went to college after high school, everyone did. In fact, in most of the Catholic high schools that I’ve ever checked out future college attendance is over 98%.

[fredo4]

[quote=lizzers]One thing that I don’t think anyone has touched on yet is how your child feels. I think either choice – a CV public school or a private school will provide a good academic environment, but if your child is unhappy it won’t matter.

I went to all of them in San Diego–public, private, and parochial. I had great experiences at some, not so great experiences at others. There was a year when I was miserable…when my parents saw this they pulled me out and I chose where I wanted to go. As a result, I excelled academically and my overall happiness improved greatly.

Another important point is extracurricular activities..it is no longer about who has the highest SAT score. Universities are looking for well rounded individuals.

[/quote]

I never wanted to go to my all girl High school at the time- what sane teenager would?
The work was harder, they called your home everytime you missed school so no one could get away with ditching and there were NO boys.
Now I’m happy that my parents made me go. I got an infinately better education and because it was just expected that everyone went to college after high school, everyone did. In fact, in most of the Catholic high schools that I’ve ever checked out future college attendance is over 98%.

[fredo4]

[quote=lizzers]One thing that I don’t think anyone has touched on yet is how your child feels. I think either choice – a CV public school or a private school will provide a good academic environment, but if your child is unhappy it won’t matter.

I went to all of them in San Diego–public, private, and parochial. I had great experiences at some, not so great experiences at others. There was a year when I was miserable…when my parents saw this they pulled me out and I chose where I wanted to go. As a result, I excelled academically and my overall happiness improved greatly.

Another important point is extracurricular activities..it is no longer about who has the highest SAT score. Universities are looking for well rounded individuals.

[/quote]

I never wanted to go to my all girl High school at the time- what sane teenager would?
The work was harder, they called your home everytime you missed school so no one could get away with ditching and there were NO boys.
Now I’m happy that my parents made me go. I got an infinately better education and because it was just expected that everyone went to college after high school, everyone did. In fact, in most of the Catholic high schools that I’ve ever checked out future college attendance is over 98%.

[Eugene]

I found a curious fact in the internet.

Apparently, a third of all students in Torrey Pines High School are Jewish. The school even had to make Yom Kippur an official holiday because they were consistently having large numbers of absentees on that day. That’s in addition to a quarter of Asians and 10% of Latino students.

Not that there’s anything wrong with it!

[Eugene]

I found a curious fact in the internet.

Apparently, a third of all students in Torrey Pines High School are Jewish. The school even had to make Yom Kippur an official holiday because they were consistently having large numbers of absentees on that day. That’s in addition to a quarter of Asians and 10% of Latino students.

Not that there’s anything wrong with it!

[Eugene]

I found a curious fact in the internet.

Apparently, a third of all students in Torrey Pines High School are Jewish. The school even had to make Yom Kippur an official holiday because they were consistently having large numbers of absentees on that day. That’s in addition to a quarter of Asians and 10% of Latino students.

Not that there’s anything wrong with it!

[Eugene]

I found a curious fact in the internet.

Apparently, a third of all students in Torrey Pines High School are Jewish. The school even had to make Yom Kippur an official holiday because they were consistently having large numbers of absentees on that day. That’s in addition to a quarter of Asians and 10% of Latino students.

Not that there’s anything wrong with it!

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