Monday, 01 October 2012
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The Quality of Your Education
My wife and I watched the movie "Won't Back Down" this weekend.
It was about a woman who wanted to make her school better because it was a failing school.I must admit I am pretty happy with my education. Growing up, my high school was one of the top in the state. I went to a really good private school for my undergraduate degree. And my graduate school wasn't half bad.Are you satisfied with the quality of the education you received?
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Comments (53)
Private school from K-12. Then a monster public school after that. Best of both worlds. Yeah I'm happy.
Yeah... sure!
My skool edicated me reel good.
I guess high school was good since I placed very well on my AP tests and I tested out of Calculus I and ElemStats.
College? I guess the quality was good (as in, I feel like I was challenged enough and I excelled), but I haven't been able to get a job for a very long time.If saying prayers all day means quality of education, then yes it was quality..
I am, but I was pretty motivated and always worked hard. I think it's a two-way street, you get out what you put in. I've been dying to see that movie, hope you liked it.
I don't have any legitimate concerns with my education.
No. My high school was okay, but it didn't really prepare me for college. Still in college, but not a huge fan of the schools I've been to.
My highschool was rather poor considering it is semi rich and 98% white. My college was tops
Nope.
Yes for K-12 but I'm still kicking myself for my college choices... live and learn.
ranked 6th in the nation last time I looked
honestly no, and i went to a brand new state of the art school in a very well off area(in high school at least). it had nothing to do with the "quality of the school" and more to do with the fact that i had teachers who made learning, something i had once enjoyed, a burden and basically had the opposite effect of inspiring me to achieve; making me instead resent having to put forth any effort into something that yielded such little gain.
no. the high school i went to was one of tjose 'if you're not in sports you're a no-body" type of schools. junior college.... the one i went to was nicknamed "drinking land". as for university.... that school was a complete pain in the ass joke. ask a lot of people who went there and they'd tell you the same.
yep.
I don't think I could have received too much better of an education. I went to a school that had the highest pass rate for the CPA exam in the US.
I'm on my 3rd degree. Life is well. State schools will still get you far.
Yeah. I was homeschooled, so I had the freedom to pursue what I wanted. I decided not to spend tens of thousands of dollars on college, so I just got a part-time job and got promoted to full-time in a few months. Once my husband gets his PhD and we have kids I'll quit my job and homeschool them.
I went to the number one middle school in the state. My high school was in the top 100 of the nation and #1 in the state and all of the southeast. My nursing program is a competitive one with a high national board exam pass rate. Yep, I'm absolutely dandy.
Yup. In middle school I got a permit to attend a district other than LAUSD, best decision ever!
I learnt a lot more in my school in Canada than I did in the U.S.. I found it way too easy out here, especially for grade 12. Although I went to. apparently, the best school in Nevada, I did not feel challanged at all. Maybe it was because they made me take a bunch of grade 9 classes in 12th grade or else I wouldn't be able to graduate. They tried making me take drivers Ed out here... Even though I had my Canadian license for a year and a half. I fought that and didn't have to take it in the end lol.
Honestly, no. I went to a private high school that was "supposed" to be really good. As luck, or whatever, would have it, they began firing or retiring all the good teachers starting the year I started high school. In math, particularly, I had teachers who were either brand new to teaching that year or just really bad teachers. One year the only reason I was able to pass the class was because the teacher was so bad and disorganized that he passed the entire failing class. I tested well when I went to college, but even so I started back at Algebra I because I knew I never really learned any of it.
Yes and no. The schools I attended were good in some areas, poor in others. I had good teachers and ones who were simply taking up space. My older children had mixed success in the schools they attended. My younger children are or were homeschooled, out in the world rather than in a classroom, because it worked best for our family. I like that they didn't have to stop in the middle of something they found absorbing because it was time to do something else.
No, none of my college professors tried to sleep with me. :( Maybe too many of them were woman and I got many As.