What is it like being an alumni of a school that’s underfunded or neglected? Even if the school is “good” (as in well funded or private), does the learning environment reflect that? Also, the dark side of American schools (shootings) dampens peace of mind for parents since at any given moment some gun wielding individual can storm in murdering those inside (students, teachers, custodians, etc.)
My highschool served a metric fuckton of kids, 2,000 kids, 9th-12th grade yet at one point couldn’t afford paper. A couple of my teachers didn’t even fully understand the subject they were teaching, my math teacher was constantly being corrected by the students who actually knew what they were doing.
Not so much related to the education, but a general rule of thumb was to carry popcorn with you because there was always a fight going on and occasionally students would throw their desks at a teacher.
Fun fact: the current head of the EPA graduated from that school. Nothing good comes out of that school.
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The sports teams got most of the funding and they’d have sports coaches “teaching” the science classes which was a complete and total joke.
You could read the McGraw Hill book on your own if you were bored though.