Editorial-Charter School V.S. Catholic School
Throughout the years I have been to my fair share of schools. One of my favorite types of schools was a charter school. I have been to Catholic school, a charter school, and a public school. It has been such a ride, but I definitely have my own opinion on the subject. One of my favorite types of schools was a charter school. Catholic schools definitely provide a safe and religion based atmosphere, if that’s what you are looking for, but charter schools provide a looser environment, that I think will shape to any student’s personality.
The first reason that charter schools are better is that the class sizes are smaller. The problem with big class sizes is that you don’t know when you can get to talk to the teacher. When you have questions it is as if you are bothering the teacher when you do talk to her. Smaller class sizes provide a more direct teacher on student support system. A student needs to feel like they can ask the teacher anything, without “bothering” the teacher.
The second reason that charter schools are better is because, charter schools have a much more flexible curriculum. You can actually have fun with your work. It is much more project based learning which is great. Lets say you fail a math test, at any other school that might impact your grade quite a bit, but here you can do extra things do bring it up. For example you can complete “Hundred Percent Tests”, which are old tests that you have to get a hundred percent on. You know where your at with your school work and choose the grade that you want most. You can achieve a higher status if you want, or if you are behind it is easier to catch up. You can create your own extra credit if there isn’t any already made, or you can do the extra credit the teacher asks at charter schools.
The third reason is that there is a lot of room for students to make error at other schools. Here we go through what we need to be doing every week. The teachers always make sure that we are on track. If we are not on track, the teachers help us get to the grade we want. If you are ahead then keep it that way! Charter schools make an effort so that the student can progress at his or her own pace.
Even though charter schools are my favorite kind of schools, they have their flaws. One flaw is confusion on hard and soft due dates. But, hard/soft due dates have their perks. At catholic school, we had so much homework because everything the teacher gave us was due the next day. At charter school we have time to do our projects, all of our project we have at least a week to do. The second flaw I found is that we don’t switch classes. Even though this is important for high school, you are always running and under pressure to get to the next class.People in Catholic schools don’t really like people in Charter schools.One reason that a lot of people agree with is that in Charter schools we don’t have religion class. For me I am glad we don’t have it. For me I wasn’t catholic so that was a problem because i didn’t understand the religion. And when you don’t understand the religion you are being taught you fail the tests on what the religion is about; which causes your overall grade to decrease. Also, when everybody is Catholic around you and you are not, that might cause some disputes between classmates. For me it absolutely did.
I really do love charter schools, especially this one. When I came from my old school I was not happy at all. When I came to this school everyone was so welcoming. The teacher worked hard with me, when she didn’t have to. I am still very grateful for that. I am thankful everyday for this school.