scarletjones said:
Really this is very important to choose a school for your child because this time defines his life , really a child can become great or nothing and all these things depend on primary education.
Does the ability to be great really depend on primary education?
Don't get me wrong, I think primary education is important, as with any other aspect of education, but when I think about my own development, the most defining years of my life started in Middle School. I'm sure its different with everyone. My determination to do my best in high school was solely based on the
<I>culture</I> I was born in, and not really the schools I went to as a young child. I don't even remember much before middle school. I do remember, however, the emphasis my <I>
parents</I> had on doing the best I could.
I went to fairly exclusive primary and middle schools, and went to a public USA high school. As for my own children, they attend a small, private school because I like the curriculum and the teaching staff, as well as the size. The children can have more one-on-one with the staff and the education there is flexible and will work with the personalities of the children. My biggest gripe about my own experience with public high school was the expectation of the students all being the same, therefore learning the same. I didn't want that for my own kids. It takes some trial and error.
As for this whole primary education is the most defining aspect of a child's life, I have to disagree. A person's worth isn't necessarily tied to their education level, or how they were educated, really. I have friends who dropped out of high school but are great people, who work hard and love their families. They don't need to make oodles of money and be brilliantly smart to be great. Even if a child has a great primary education, it doesn't confirm that they'll be awesome people 10 years after fact. A person's development is derived from many aspects of life, and only one of them is their education.
What defines someone's life varies from person to person. Tragedy has seemed to define me more than my schooling experience. A friend, being abused by his father defined his life. My wife's immigration to the United States was the most defining time in her life. School contributes to who we are, but it doesn't make us who we are.
I feel like I'm saying education isn't important and you should just throw your kids into a school. I'm not saying that, and I think its important to pick a school that fits best with your child if you can. I had to do research, tours schools and talk to other parents before finding one we liked, and even then, we paid close attention to how the children were doing in the school. We seem to have found a good fit and the kids all enjoy the school and feel motivated. We're not Christians but the kids go to a Christian school. The kids ask us questions about that aspect of it from time to time, but its a great opportunity to teach them about acceptance, respect and tolerance of people with other views.
