The Independent

Private schools are superior to public schools. I say this because for one public schools have a curriculum that has to be finished by the end of every school year. Meaning that even if some students fall behind they still move on and it ends up with the student taking summer school or failing the class. In private school you have a little more freedom. Teacher's actually take the time to make sure the students understand what their teaching and from personal experience I know that the teachers…

Donald Trump selected Betsy DeVos to be the Secretary of Education, critics have spoken about her lack of experience with public schools, her activism with school choice and private education has led many to believe she will strip funding of public school for private and religious school. In fact, Betsy DeVos was recently in a hearing with Democratic lawmakers and when DeVos was asked to commit to not work to privatize public school or strip a penny from public education, DeVos could not commit…

Arming Teachers and Faculty in Public Schools Introduction to the Issue Around the United States, the safety of students in the public school system is becoming unsure. School shootings are occurring at an alarmingly rising rate, and each day, the lives of students are further at risk. After recent incidents, school districts were faced with one question concerning the safety of school-goers: How can school shootings be prevented? This question posed a solution of using a concealed-carry method…

Before analysing Tarantino’s films and establishing his style as a filmmaker, not only does the auteur theory have to be looked at, but also the criteria that a director has to tick in order to be considered an auteur in their field. The auteur theory originated in France, and initially began as a reaction of criticism against the Hollywood studio system in the 1910s. However, it only became a popular topic of cinematic debate in the 1950s when cinema exploded into the American mainstream…

Recently, attention has been given to plans for improving the public schools by allowing parents to choose where their children attend school through a school voucher system. The education voucher system exists when a government provides payment to families that allow their children to attend a private or public school of their choice. The payment is in the form of a voucher that can be given directly to the parents of the child, or indirectly to the school of choice. The purpose of the voucher…

Public school or Private school? That is the question many people in today’s society contemplate. Students take school for granted, when in reality parents choose where to live based on a school, think about where they want to send their child to school, and how the school will effect their child. A school is a place where kids go to obtain an education and learn skills that they will use for the rest of their life. Public and private schools vary in a variety of different ways and both have…

After watching the movie “Waiting for Superman” for the second time since beginning my college career it just reiterates to me how messed up our public school system is. In this movie we follow about five children’s stories as they go through the lottery process of getting into school that will help them succeed in the future as opposed to the low performing public school they are currently in line to attend. The title refers to the need for someone or something to be able to come into this…

Have you ever wondered about what college you ever wanted to go to? Of course not you are so young, it 's too early to be thinking about what college you should be going to. Well now it 's your junior year and college and just around the corner, crazy to think but it 's true. Half way through junior year, senior year is almost here and you need to be thinking about what college you want to go to. Crazy to think how you were just that little kid being asked what you wanted to be when you go up ,…

When listening to the podcast it really opened my eyes to see what students in lower class public schools feel about people like me who went to a private school. From what the podcast described people who went to University Heights they were 97% black and Hispanic, Kids who wore hoodies, Jordan’s, and looked like “hoodlums”. Those that attended Fieldston Progressive were preppy rich kids who could afford anything they wanted and were those who were expected to go to college unlike those that…

Visualize this, you are walking down the streets of downtown Toronto. You hear the sounds of construction cascading, the abrupt sounds of impatient drivers honking. You spot a middle aged businessman walking in front of you. He is tall, well-dressed, trimmed. Suddenly, he spasms, collapsing to the ground. Everybody around you is staring, but nobody attempts to do anything. You decide to take action and perform CPR and call 911. Now, only at this point, everybody else decides to jump in and…