Comparing Elementary / High school in Vancouver school, Comparing, Elementary, Vancouver, High

nikonian

Hi Hi,

Check I check with you guys, other than the Fraser Institute report, is there any place / discussion / forum that can gather information about how good / bad a particular school?  Are the one in 'more wealthy' area, like west end, UBC, etc.. be better?

My wife and I are running into a 'fierce' discussions on whether public school / private school / religion-based ( Catholic / Christian ) is our choice.  Sigh.

Thanks thanks!

nikonian

Thanks Fibbi, my friend

I didn't grow up here, that's why I have no idea how the education system works.  I'm not trying to 'classify' people by income and living area, but as you said the more education the parents are having the likelihood that they will put more effort or concern to kids education.  That also contribute to the percentage of kids that are more 'discipline' vs more 'free'.

I'm not expecting myself 'throwing the ball' to school and hands off, and hope she will be doing fine.  All I want is to have a good peer group and possibly parents with same expectations ( thus contribution ).  

I don't want to go too extreme -- top ( or celebrity ) private schools are not just unaffordable -- also not reachable by my 'status'.  Your car, your address, your occupation are all 'statuses' that ppl / kids are comparing.

nikonian

I know it's an endless debate which system are better.

One thing that I really feel bad is -- when I'm taking bus to work, those kids that take buses will have their feet on seats, backpack occupying another one, and if ppl say 'excuse me' what they receive is an angry stare and slllllooooowwwwlllyyyy remove the feet/bag.  Of course that includes kids from public school and catholic school nearby.

I just hope my daughter won't be one of them... sigh.

nikonian

I also bring up this topic to coworkers, and most are not a big fan of private ( private, not Catholic / Christian ).  Simply because we're not that rich group of people in town -- i.e. the 'Status' of the parents ( i.e. us ) aren't good enough to let the kids blend nicely to his/her peers.  Also, one funny example is 'a field trip to Gutamala to watch Volcano' -- man… that sounds like a 4000 bucks field trip for a week on top of the high tuition fees.

Since I'm not Catholic / Christian, it's quite hard to get onto the Catholic / Christian schools ( correct me if I'm wrong ).  So, the best I can work out is to find a good and reputatable public school la.

Who say everyone is equal in Canada?  Ha ha ha ( then sigh sigh sigh ).