Ernest Schaal <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote:
> in article 1149544130.588780.127290@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com, John W. at
> worthj1970@yahoo.com wrote on 6/6/06 6:48 AM:

> > mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> >> Sigi Rindler <srindler@da2.so-net.ne.jp> wrote:
> >>>>> I may do just that.  But, our daughter was accepted at a private school
> >>>>> so my first order of business tomorrow is to go to the bank and furikomi
> >>>>> a year's worth of tuition.  It empties the bank account fast.
> >>>>>> CL
> >>>> 
> >>>> how can you be sure a private school is any better than a state school i
> >>>> wonder?
> >> 
> >>> And now let me ask you this one: Why are private schools better than public
> >>> schools in the USA and in the UK?
> >> 
> >> Are they?
> >> 
> > Of course they are. They can legally have an agenda whereas public
> > schools have to dance around a lot.*

> Like all generalizations, the generalization about public schools versus
> private is true, but not. There are bad private schools and there are good
> public schools, but there are many cities in the States where the public
> school system is a disaster.

One could say the same about many private schools ("Evolution is just a
theory")

BTW, "disaster" seems a bit overstated; certainly, the Chinese immigrant
students who attend many of these "disaster" school systems seem to have
no problem picking up a proper education.

Mike