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PostPosted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 4:03 pm 
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Yes.

It was smaller when I attended. They expanded the building after I left but it can’t be that much bigger, so I assume the experience hasn’t changed much.

The place is essentially a massive house, and there is only one class per grade (at the time). So the whole highschool was ~100 students. You knew all of them, even if you didn’t necessarily interact with them regularly. Socially, we had tighter bonds as every class was the same faces unlike public highschool where each class has different people coming and going. When I was there, grade 11-12 students had a chill room with a TV where we could hang between classes (you aren’t allowed off property except for lunch). It’s cheezy, but it was a really intimate experience similar to hanging out with your friends in your bedroom at home. It was the one room where we could go and expect some privacy from teachers, which was needed as the place is so small it was hard to just be a kid and not have a teacher up your ass all the time – just like parents at home.

When I attended, classes were segregated by floor, with the elementary classes on the first floor, and the highschool classes mainly on the third floor and basement. As a high school student, I almost never even saw the young kids. It’s like they weren’t there. I only now realize how strange that is lol.


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PostPosted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 5:52 pm 
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Private school is better. As you are a client, and not just a "parent' More emphasis on classical education, less social engineering and anti bullying nonsense. Individual attention, and teachers that are not un -fire-able. Waterloo has better options including, International Bachelor programs, which is what wealthy IT foreign professional demand as they are recognized everywhere.


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bremer wrote:
Yes.

It was smaller when I attended. They expanded the building after I left but it can’t be that much bigger, so I assume the experience hasn’t changed much.

The place is essentially a massive house, and there is only one class per grade (at the time). So the whole highschool was ~100 students. You knew all of them, even if you didn’t necessarily interact with them regularly. Socially, we had tighter bonds as every class was the same faces unlike public highschool where each class has different people coming and going. When I was there, grade 11-12 students had a chill room with a TV where we could hang between classes (you aren’t allowed off property except for lunch). It’s cheezy, but it was a really intimate experience similar to hanging out with your friends in your bedroom at home. It was the one room where we could go and expect some privacy from teachers, which was needed as the place is so small it was hard to just be a kid and not have a teacher up your ass all the time – just like parents at home.

When I attended, classes were segregated by floor, with the elementary classes on the first floor, and the highschool classes mainly on the third floor and basement. As a high school student, I almost never even saw the young kids. It’s like they weren’t there. I only now realize how strange that is lol.

Thanks! That's what I was hoping to hear.


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PostPosted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 8:07 pm 
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glocklover wrote:
Private school is better. As you are a client, and not just a "parent' More emphasis on classical education, less social engineering and anti bullying nonsense. Individual attention, and teachers that are not un -fire-able. Waterloo has better options including, International Bachelor programs, which is what wealthy IT foreign professional demand as they are recognized everywhere.


I think the public system is generally good. I never felt that I was being better educated in private school. I didn't come out of it knowing anything more then any publicly educated child.

The problem with the public system it's a one size fits all monopoly (for those who can't afford private school). They can't offer you choice because everyone has a right to use it, so it's always forced to accommodate anything that can be accommodated. That's why you now have transgender kids forcing schools to build unisex bathrooms, and no homework so some kids don't fall behind because of their lazy parents, and they can't discipline bad kids because some parents loose their marbles over it.

And that's what makes it frustrating. If you could choose your schools, you'd pick the one that suits you and your values. If your a rich silver spoons asshole, you have Appleby College. Your average, normal person has places like MacLachlan, and your tree hugging hipster fruitcake has Montessori schools. All those schools reflect the people who use them, and everyone is happy.

Private school's worth it if you can afford it, but if your child is doing well in the public system, I wouldn't sweat it. Just suck up the stupid pink shirt days and do your best to deprogram your kids in the evenings and instil a dose of reality into your kids life experiences and they'll come out OK.


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 10:05 am 
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I would never call someone wealthy an asshole. Where Private schools excel is they get down to the business of education without the distraction. You also have also eliminated disengaged parents and problematic kids, and the ones with no English language. The connections made in Private school will lead to a lifelong network of connected people.


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:36 am 
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I never called wealthy parents assholes. I called Appleby parents assholes.

It’s like 60K a year. I know they aren’t actualy assholes, I’m sure they’re mostly good people. But the school caters to a ritzy overachieving style of education which fits the stereotype of an ivory tower asshole type lol.

Don’t think for a second the parents in private school are more engaged. I had plenty of troubled kids in my school with parents who didn’t give a rats ass what their kids did or didn’t do. They just had money and shipped them off, expecting the school to do everything. Just like public school.

But yes, the environment was better overall, and certainly less distracting.


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 12:56 pm 
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Laf, mr conservative has a hate on for those with $. I look down on ye from the ivory tower.

Its not 60K a year. Its 57K for your last year because that includes boarding. Boarding in your last year of school is required. School before that ranges from 30-37K. Still batshit crazy money, but not 60K/year.

It has certainly jacked up. Pretty sure boarding (the most expensive year) was 24K in the 90s.

As for parent engagement, probably 25% of the kids had parents that lived overseas, so they weren't around at all.

I'll never forget the time I helped on of my peers on writing a letter home to Dad in HK because the car that he shared with his bro (a 328i) was becoming difficult to share and they each needed car. Within the month, a Mercedes C class was purchased. The benefit of helping out my bro's -- whenever I wanted access to their BMW and Benzs. Good times.

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I never called wealthy parents assholes. I called Appleby parents assholes.

It’s like 60K a year. I know they aren’t actualy assholes, I’m sure they’re mostly good people. But the school caters to a ritzy overachieving style of education which fits the stereotype of an ivory tower asshole type lol.

Don’t think for a second the parents in private school are more engaged. I had plenty of troubled kids in my school with parents who didn’t give a rats ass what their kids did or didn’t do. They just had money and shipped them off, expecting the school to do everything. Just like public school.

But yes, the environment was better overall, and certainly less distracting.


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I don’t hate the rich. I have a lot of respect for a person that succeeds in life.

I just also value street smarts and the idea of earning your own way. I hate rich people that instill entitlement in their kids and buy them nice cars they don’t deserve, so I fully exercise my rights to stereotype and judge them. :lol:


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Our daughters attend Fern Hill School on Ninth Line just south of Burnhamthorpe. It's about a 20 minute drive from our place in SE Milton. We really like it, the student:teacher ratio is quite good and they bring in subject specialists to teach certain things. They also offer optional programs during class (for example French language is a core subject, but if you want your child to learn Spanish or Mandarin they have programs for that). It's about $20K per kid per year - we also do the hot lunch program so we don't have to make lunches as well as the before and after care program. Total cost with all that is around $25K-$30K per kid. Our kids love it - it's a very close community of kids and parents. We get email updates each week on their progress as well as assignments and there are monthly teacher parent meetings. I'd recommend it to anyone looking.


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 10:44 pm 
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bremer wrote:
I don’t hate the rich. I have a lot of respect for a person that succeeds in life.

I just also value street smarts and the idea of earning your own way. I hate rich people that instill entitlement in their kids and buy them nice cars they don’t deserve, so I fully exercise my rights to stereotype and judge them. :lol:


Our whole society is built around giving children things they themselves as kids never had. Whether it's expensive cars, ipods, vacations, exclusive schools, etc. You can judge and stereotype all you want but that's the real world. If anyone could afford to pay for their kids to go top notch schools I'm sure the kids would benefit by it in many more ways than public schools. The street smarts you mention are valuable when you work outside the box and are more entrepreneurial but I've seen too many earn your own way candidates overlooked for more well connected individuals.


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PostPosted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 12:00 am 
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Expensive cars, vacations, private schools...and iPods? Lol


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Milton Christian School is providing an excellent academic alternative and option for Milton families. Come and see the difference and ask for a tour. My children have been attending for years and it is the best elementary option in the city.


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Slingshot wrote:
Milton Christian School is providing an excellent academic alternative and option for Milton families. Come and see the difference and ask for a tour. My children have been attending for years and it is the best elementary option in the city.


How much do you pay?


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