https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:56:32 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526504 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:11:32 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 526504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Homeschooled and then public high school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526500 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:11:17 +0000 HLK208 526500@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Catholic school from kindergarten through 3rd grade, public from 4th-10th and public college after that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526497 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:07:35 +0000 SAHM0811 526497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. J: pretty much the same here... For Kinder I went to a Christian private school. But afterwards, Catholic private school from 1st grade to college and even grad school. I also went to an all-girls HS... I loved it actually! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526496 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:07:32 +0000 Bao 526496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went to a public school, I liked it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526491 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:02:42 +0000 mrbee 526491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Spoon: Your username makes a lot more sense now too! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526476 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:58:04 +0000 Mrs Spoon 526476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Private from pre-K thru college. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526470 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:55:19 +0000 ladyfingers 526470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public. Private school wasn't really a "thing" where I grew up, it was a very isolated and elite occurrence. Although my parents did debate sending me to a Catholic high school, but ultimately decided against it because they didn't have a music program (which I was already involved in in middle school). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526463 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:52:11 +0000 mrbee 526463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Train: Wow, I thought maybe that was a metaphor. You really took your classes in a bungalow at the zoo!!</p> <p>Your previous username makes a lot more sense now, btw! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526460 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:50:06 +0000 Mrs. Train 526460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: the magnet I attended was the zoo magnet. It had a home school and we got bused out to the Los Angeles zoo to take most of our classes. It was not based on intellect there was a wide range in our magnet. The school just gave extra electives that were science related. I took animal husbandry, marine invertebrates, animal behavior as electives. There was a set up of about 12 bungalows off to the side of the parking lot where our classes were held. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526443 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:44:08 +0000 Ree723 526443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. J: That would have been so nice! We had more than that in my class and at graduation, as they were reading out everyone's name, I realized just how many people I had never even heard of - and that was after four years in school together!</p> <p>@Mrs. Jacks: wow, an old historical school would have been cool! I think ours was pretty old, but the actual school building was only 50 or so years old, so no cool history there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526407 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:30:01 +0000 Reese 526407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526402 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:26:25 +0000 mrbee 526402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. J: I also found that our local magnet schools produced a lot of graduates who had trouble talking to people across a broad range of intelligence, talent and socioeconomic background.</p> <p>The magnet programs I've seen tend to optimize for one thing (intellectual education) over a lot of other softer skills that I think are important too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526399 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:25:24 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 526399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ree723: And I went to one of the oldest (maybe the oldest?) all girls Catholic school on the west coast. :) Best decision ever. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526395 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:24:33 +0000 Mrs. J 526395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ree723: wow! We had 500 when I was at my school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526394 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:23:58 +0000 Ree723 526394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public for elementary school and then private for high school as our neighborhood public high school wasn't very good. I would much rather have gone public for HS but the option available just wasn't going to cut it.</p> <p>@Mrs. J: Me too! I went to the largest all girls school in the nation - 2100 girls! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526382 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:19:27 +0000 Mrs. J 526382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I agree about the magnet schools! They are great for the kids who get in, but because they have skimmed the cream of the crop, there are no positive role models left in the neighborhood schools. I student taught at a selective enrollment high school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526379 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:18:01 +0000 Mrs. J 526379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Catholic schools for 1st through university. I even survived an all girls high school! Loved it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526364 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:08:38 +0000 Maysprout 526364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@junebugmama: I want to hear more about the bungalows too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526361 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:07:42 +0000 luckypenny 526361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sister and I both attended private school from pre-k to 12 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526326 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:55:40 +0000 mrsjazz 526326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>both DH and I went to public school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526322 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:54:45 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 526322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public until fifth grade, magnet school from sixth grade through high school </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526321 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:54:27 +0000 Mrs. Pen 526321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>neither. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526320 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:54:23 +0000 mrbee 526320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Train: bungalows at the zoo? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526316 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:53:43 +0000 Maysprout 526316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public. Both of my parents work as part of the public school system so wasn't going to get out of that one. My husband went to only private schools so it's been interesting to see the pros and cons from each side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526312 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:52:11 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 526312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All private. We are hoping to send our girls to public for 1st through 5th. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526310 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:51:58 +0000 autumnlove 526310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public from K-college </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526307 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:51:29 +0000 Mrs. Train 526307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went to public through high school. My middle school and high school were magnet programs. I took most of my high school classes in bungalows at the zoo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526303 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:51:10 +0000 MamaMoose 526303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went to public school through 5th grade and then moved to private school. In the town I grew up in the elementary schools and high school were great but the middle school was crap. My parents pretty much "forced" us to go to private school for middle school. But then they gave us total choice for high school. I decided to stay in private and my brother decided to go back to the public school system. We went to equally prestigious colleges and have both had successful careers. I truly believe one can get a great education in either setting (provided the public school system is decent). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526291 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:49:30 +0000 junebugmama 526291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>l went to public school and then went to private for high school. I really appreciated my education. I did see quite a difference in the kids that continued on in public education vs. the private education. We are currently discussing how to handle our children going forward. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-public-or-private-school-growing-up#post-526290 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:49:28 +0000 chopsuey 526290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went to public. DH went to private. </p>