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.)

  • compostgoblin@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    It’s a total mixed bag. You can easily have the best school and the worst school just miles apart. The best school imaginable is probably in an affluent area, in a progressive state, and is private. The worst is probably in a public school in a low-income rural area in a red state. The country is so huge you’re going to have the whole spectrum of school quality, it’s the social inequality that’s the hallmark of American education

    • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
      4·
      8 hours ago

      its kinda funny because I live in a suburb with good schools with no kids and yeah our taxes are high but my brother in law lives way out where the schools are crap and his taxes are lower but not lower than his taxes plus his private school tuition of just one kid. Its like the tax difference between crap schools and great schools is not all that much. In both cases the schools are the majority of the cost but turns out its fairly expensive to have anything at all but having a bit more quality is not that much more.

      • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        6 hours ago

        his taxes are lower but not lower than his taxes plus his private school tuition of just one ki

        It’s almost like profit-driven businesses cost customers more so the owners can get more money. It’s almost as if the saying “private businesses are incentivised to cost customers less” is complete horseshit

    • MrQuallzin@lemmy.world
      2·
      8 hours ago

      Ding ding ding!

      My high school was in the nicer part of town, literally separated by a river from the rest of the city. Back then for second languages our school had Spanish, French, ASL, German, and even Latin! Our school had science teachers that won statewide awards, our football team was very competitive, the marching band (and music program in general) was phenomenal.

      This was just a public school, and I’ve more than come to terms that the experience I had is nowhere near the norm compared to the rest of the country.