Public Schools - Bad for American Students?

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Originally Posted by Relambrien

That's the thing. In America, you can't choose where you want to go, unless you want to pay yourself for a private school, or you get very lucky and there's a decent charter school in the area. You're assigned the school you go to based on where you live. The only way you can get out of that is to go to a private school, which costs a lot of money, or a charter school. Charter schools, however, tend to receive a heck of a lot less in the way of funding than normal public schools, to the point where you have to pay for almost everything you do anyway (since the school itself can't).

And if you can't afford those options, you have to go to the local public school regardless of how good or bad it is.

Anyway, there's some other stuff I'd like to respond to, but I'm pretty tired right now and I don't want to risk misunderstanding because of it.

Sorry for double posting, but this holds true as well. In Canada, you can choose where you want to go. Actually, I think this is because there are just too many schools to choose from. Where I live, there are 2 schools about 2 km away from each other - a 20-minute walk!