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Would you send your child to your old school?

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Reply 80

lucas13

yes, the schools probably will have changed a lot in the meantime

Reply 81

The Socktor

No, I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

Hells no

Original post by bahjat93

I went to a state school which was a change because both of my parents graduated from private schools :smile:

. I couldn't care less which high school my kid went to lol :-D.
However when it comes to uni he is going to goto either Oxford or Cambridge because currently I'm the third generation to go there and i would like him to follow in my footsteps :smile:

EDIT: thumbs down for going to Cambridge?!?

Erm...no.
Free will? Respecting choices? More likely candidates for the negs ;D

Reply 84

filmjunkie

I went to the same primary & secondary school as my mum, though they have both clearly changed since when my mum attended. Both schools were okay & I stayed on for 6th form, though I don't know whether I'd send future children there as I'd like to be out of this country by then.

Reply 85

rachellaa

No. My high school was a dump, it was improved for a few years and now it's going down hill again. I've had so many problems in sixth form too, teachers losing work, lack of organisation and communication between teachers. It's all a bit of a shambles there. I wouldn't want my future children going there.

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Reply 86

missmaquillage

My school was a single-sex comprehensive which was okay but which acted as though it was an extremely prestigious and highly achieving school when in reality it was not that great. I wouldn't send my child there because I'd rather my child went to a mixed-sex school. I went there because it was one of the best local schools that I could get a place at, neither my parents nor myself were particularly interested in me having a single-sex education but that's just the way it worked out.

Reply 87

TheMagicRat

No. My secondary school was good when I started there but it gradually went downhill and it was rubbish by the time I'd left. Five years later and they are wasting money on stupid things and struggling to get a satisfactory number of students to start year 7. They've had to merge with another school in the area but that doesn't seem to be working very well. It's a shame to see it in such a bad way after my mom fought for my brother to go there about 15 years. I wouldn't even consider fighting to get anyone in there now.

Reply 88

secretnone20

no,because my school system is kind of messed up, they treat us like guinea pigs :P

Reply 89

abzy1234

I would feel very uncomfortable sending my children to a school where 30 to 40% fail to even pass english and maths. The comprehensive I went to had wonderful and amazingly hard working teachers, but a very poor work ethic; coupled alongside a very tiny minority who saw academia as worthwhile.

Then you consider the rather shoddy facilities and lack of extra-curricular actives...

A lot will say they will never consider sending their children to private or grammers, but I really think once you have a child venturing onto secondary school, you'll try to send them to the best school possible.

Reply 90

hedwig8

Depends on the kid tbh. Like, if I have a decent nice smart kid that won't get chucked into the lower bands with the chavs and will be smart enough to socialise with civilised people then yeah sure, I'll send him/her to my old comp. However, if I know they could get drawn into a bad crowd, it'll probably be a very strict single-sex preferably private or catholic school, lol.

Reply 91

OedipusTheKing

Well considering my secondary school had everything from racist riots to people throwing make shift petrol bombs at the buses, I'd be damned before I send any human being there never mind my child.

Reply 92

Cll_ws

My Sixth Form college was great. I not only wouldn't mind them going there, I would encourage them to go there.

My secondary school was okay, not amazing, but plenty of people have done well for themselves after leaving there. It was a mixed bag really due to being on the border of a pretty nice area and pretty terrible area. There are probably better schools in town, but I wouldn't be opposed to the idea of my children going there.

And my primary school was terrible. I started there when I was about 8 years old after newly moving to the area, and my parents didn't know too much about the school. Most of the kids there were anti-social yobs, and they remained that way all through secondary school and are still like it now, and the teachers did nothing really to discourage their behaviour. Out of my entire year group only me and one other person ended up going to university. I know primary school was a long time ago, but two people out of an entire year group, that must say something about the place!

(edited 10 years ago)

Reply 93

Knalchemist

Never. My secondary school was terrible. including drug dealing going on in school!

Reply 94

Cryl

My college, probably. But definitely not my secondary school. The teaching was absolutely terrible - The teachers never made an actual effort to teach, they chose the most lazy option - "Sit down and do your work". And everytime you'd ask for help, they would get really annoyed and sometimes even say "Look it up. Practice your research skills".

But there were a few good teachers (Very few). In fact, I can only remember one and that was my English teacher.

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