Did you go to a public high school or a private high school?

[luv_mist]

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For a lot of you guys, private school does not equal wealth. We were struggling. It also helped me to gain much better morals than most other friends I had that didn't go to private schools. I'm more conservative which is a good thing to me in these days and times of this world.

Morals that I have compared to those friends that I grew up with. Of course, morals are not only gained through how you were raised but what you became exposed to in different environments. Also, there was a graduating class of 6 at the private high school.

[BurghFan]

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Public High school. Graduating class of 65. I was numero uno.

That's a small class. You beat me. My class had 88. I was fourth.

When I initially read that, I thought it was class of 1965. My class was also pretty small with 96 people. I was around #25.

[jmood88]

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I went to a private catholic elementary school, public middle school, public high school(even though my first high school was just as rich, if not richer, than a lot of private schools).

[TarHeelMan]

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Proud 1990 graduate of Brooklyn Technical HS, a public specialized HS... Easily four of the best years of my life.

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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That's a small class. You beat me. My class had 88. I was fourth.

Yeah 65 was big for my school. Only had about 320 in all 4 grades. With the budget cuts last year, the district was considering closing it down and consolidating with another county high school. Luckily, they decided against trying to merge us with our rivals (and i didn't have to look for a new teaching job).

[Scottdau]

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I went to an all girl private school.

[tyler289]

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What HS did you go to? My guess would be Gtown Prep.

Prep = fail.

Gonzaga all the way.

[superjames1992]

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Private from Kindergarten-9th Grade. Public from 10th-12th Grade.

EDIT: N.C. State or UNC-Asheville for college, so that will be public, as well.

[bgeno]

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Yeah 65 was big for my school. Only had about 320 in all 4 grades.

Now, I'm not the best at math (public school education... you know...), but if there were about 320 kids in all four grades, how could 65 people in one class be big?

320 / 4 = 80

... which means the average class size would be 80, yet 65 is big?

[Knight165]

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Well.....I wouldn't call it a High School.
More like a zoo.
So it was a public zoo.
3000 animals....loads of fun.

M.K.
Knight165

[CMH]

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Now, I'm not the best at math (public school education... you know...), but if there were about 320 kids in all four grades, how could 65 people in one class be big?

320 / 4 = 80

... which means the average class size would be 80, yet 65 is big?

I'm gonna try to save him here.

I think the classes get smaller with every year.

We had 120 or so freshman in my school. By my senior year, we had 88 students (100% graduation rate*). So, I'm thinking he means big for a senior class.


*Funny how this works in private schools. My high school has had a 100% graduation rate every year this decade (starting with 2000 when I graduated) with the exception of one year of 99% (not sure the year).

But, they found their way of making it happen. While it is indeed a good school, it found ways of expelling students that weren't going to graduate. Granted, those students put themselves in position to be expelled, but my school wasn't going to make an effort to bring them back, you know. There was no such thing as suspension. I have enough stories of guys getting expelled for one small mishap. If you think things are hard here at OS, go to my high school.

[CharlieBrown]

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I went to a private school from kindergarten to eight grade and to a public high school where I was the loner who did his homework during lunch.

[Brandwin]

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Public.

I have a question for those who went to Private school all the way up until HS, why did you change from private to public?

[CharlieBrown]

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Public.

I have a question for those who went to Private school all the way up until HS, why did you change from private to public?

$$$

[auburntigersfan]

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I went to a pretty good public school until high school. I'm really glad that I switched to a private school because I don't know if I'd be able to stand public high school.

I go to a pretty tough school (as tough as it gets in Oklahoma), but we have a modular schedule where I only have class about half of the time I'm at school, and the rest of it is just free time.

For sports we aren't in the state system we play in the southwest preparatory conference which pretty much consists of the best private schools in Dallas and Houston, and a school in Oklahoma City. We get to travel quite a bit, and don't have to go play in **** towns for football which is pretty cool. We're pretty competitive at sports, when we play our non-conference games against teams in our area we play at the level of the top 3a and 4a teams.