ttbn,

Why the personal attacks on me?
Does it make you feel better?
More superior?

Not a very nice way to behave, and totally uncalled for.

Why make it personal? You do this every time
no matter what discussion I may bring up. And
then you complain if I call you a toxic little
person.

Why not just add something of substance to this
discussion and give us your views on private
education vs public education as asked in the
opening post?

You know nothing about my personal relationships with my
family members. And your assumptions are as always -
incorrect and driven by your thorough dislike of me.

And that's fine. However - if you have nothing to
contribute to this discussion apart from personal
attacks - may I politely suggest - you take
your slingshots elsewhere.

I can't be held responsible for the obvious misery that you
must have in your own life - to want to attack the private
lives of other people that as you admitted are strangers to you.
It needs to stop!

Foxy,
Well said.

Is Mise,

Thank you.

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As for private schools vs public schools - there are
important areas for future research that need looking at
as there are a
number of points on which public schools and private schools
appear to differ. Including the quality and dedication
of teaching staff. The variations in curriculum
and instruction. Plus the question of better discipline
and order that private schools have.

There's a lot to sift through and my family has not made
up their minds just yet. My husband and I are prepared
to help with the funding of their choice of schools.
We've set up trust funds for our grand-children towards
that end.

Dear Foxy,

If your family loves and respects your grandchildren, then they should not send them to any government-sponsored school, even if it is "private" by name.

He who pays the piper calls the tune!

Opt for teaching them yourself at home, then you could gather a group of children into an informal school, taught by a roster of like-minded parents and privately-paid tutors who will educate them with your own values, not the government's.

Hi Foxy,

As a grandparent its good you take an interest in the children's education, education is the key to success in life. I wont mention the "good old days of the past" when everything was peaches and cream in the education system, the forced learning, the corporal punishment, the perverts etc etc, no... enough said about those good old days, times have changed, and certainly for the better. I assume by private you may be referring to the Catholic system. With our two grandchildren in Brisbane, girl 16 (year 11), boy 15 (year 10), they have experienced both the private and government systems. From my observation there is little difference at the primary level, its in high schools where the differences tend to show up. All in all, kids can do well under both systems.

Foxy,

Get over yourself. This is all make believe. I object to what is said, and how it is said, by a poster, who seems unable to separate real life from the internet, who calls himself or herself 'Foxy'. There are no personalities online; no buddies; no enemies; no real people; no personalities. We are all just made up names on a screen.