Your clearly stating that christian school education is superior to public education. Did you factor in the fact that children sent to christian schools are typically from better off families?



I have found the opposite to be true. Everyone I know that uses private schools, (whether Christian, Jewish, or Catholic) do so at great difficulty. It is the parents interest in schooling that is the driving factor in their success. These people drive older beat up cars and live in messy run down homes, while the families with all the nice cars and homes save money and send their kids to public school.



It is the importance that they place on education and the sacrifices that they are willing to take to make it happen, that makes the outcome so much better.



And there are a lot of other variables, like discipline in private schools, subject matter, etc. How many private schools have classes on tolerance, sex ed., and other politically correct subject matter, and how much time do they spend on this when they could be teaching the three R's?



There is the anti-competitiveness of public schools. (Can't leave anyone out, can we.) --Only sports are competitive now. I wonder why it is so hard for graduates to compete in the real world when they are taught this way.



Then there is the bureaucracy. How much money do public schools waste? Out here, only 40 cents on the dollar gets to the classroom. That's pretty sad. I bet private schools have a better proportion getting to the class.



Then there are the teachers unions that protect incompetent teachers that aren't at the private schools.



Most of the problems with public schools seem to be related to liberal values. (Unions, no teacher competency testing, huge government bureaucracies, different family values, anti-competition, etc.)



Rodney

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