Liz: My kids go to private schools. There is a reason for that. I also had very negative experiences growing up in public schools. There has been plenty written about public education and it’s shortcomings. Being as I have not chosen the public option, I have also figured I don’t have a whole lot to say in this one. However having been innundated with one public school teachers “rally the troops” updates continually via facebook, I do have to wonder if these kids are just repeating the rhetoric they have been hearing at school or if they have actually thought this stuff out to any degree. It does seem to me like public schools waste an awful lot of money and any way that kids can be efficiently educated by spending less money deserves to be looked at.

Question: Anyone else out there choosing an alternative to public education? Can you explain why?