Well, I’ve chosen the issue of school assessment. I remember we talked about city schools and teachers when the issue came up. When we talked about whether it was the student’s fault or the teacher’s fault, I knew I had an opinion on that.
Like I said, I’ve gone to a private school my whole life and I’m not sure of the difference. I’ve heard that private schools are a lot better academically than public schools, but I’ve also heard they’re about the same. I think it would be interesting to look at this from my point of view, since I don’t know much and I have the ability to compare public school to life in a private school.
I’ve always heard Memphis city schools are in bad shape. I always just believed this, so I want to try looking into it more. I heard a statistic once that said Tennessee schools were ranked…something like 45 or 46 in the nation (out of all 50 states). I heard this a few years ago from a history teacher I had, so I’m not sure if that’s word for word correct. If it is, than that’s pretty bad. I really want to know if there is that big a difference between the public and private.
Reading over what I wrote Thursday in class, it just seems like “Yeah, duh. Of course there’s a big difference.” It seems pretty obvious. But then again, it’s only rumors I’ve heard. I’m going to really have to look at what the curriculum is in Memphis city schools. Most of the people in our class seem to have gone to a public school…guess I should ask you guys!
Have a good night and see you Tuesday.
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I will have to say that Memphis City Schools do have a lot of issues to solve. I mentioned everything that I will cover about this topic as well on my blog. I am starting to think that the city shools are behind on curriculum or something like that. I heard that a few times myself. Though I do not know much about private schools, I would like to see the differences. I know private schools chartered and maybe they are not aided with federal funds.
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