Re: [Phys-L] Private schools

[Marty Weiss <martweiss@comcast.net>]

One could say that about the better performing public schools all over.  My son graduated from one such high school and found his first year in university to be repetitious.  And, he also had a good foundation for his second year at university as well.... his study habits were established in the high school.  That has been overlooked in this thread... study habits and academic discipline in the better public schools are equal to the best charters and private schools.  

On Jul 11, 2012, at 3:22 PM, Bernard Cleyet wrote:

> On 2012, Jul 11, , at 06:07, Anthony Lapinski wrote:
>
> > Very thoughtful insights. However, I will respond to this:
> >
> > What is the rationale behind parents seeking private schools in the FIRST
> > place?  On average, the teachers aren't better; if anything the reverse is
> > true.  The programs aren't better; in many/most cases they are more
> > limited.  AP classes, for example, tend to be very rare in private
> > schools.  The supposedly better education is an illusion based on comparing
> > populations which are not statistically comparable int he FIRST place!   So
> > what's the draw?
>
>
> I heard that grads. from private schools tended to find the first year of college somewhat repetitious.  but then had trouble the next year.  (Remember this is 55 years ago)  I found that true in physics.   Part of the reason, the former, is my school used college texts, at least the bio. ones, I don't remember the others.  Physics the first year at UCSC was a breeze, top grade on the final.
>
> bc
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