Pros and Cons of Public/Private Christian Schools

I meant to do this a long time ago, so I'm sorry this took so long!  Awhile back, when I switched from being homeschooled to going to the Bible school, I made a pros and cons list.  I thought...well, why not do the same for private Christian school and public school?  We'll start with what I left....

Private Christian School
Pros:

1. Everyone knows everyone.
2. Higher levels of freedom to worship God without being told to take it elsewhere..
3. You don't have to worry about having Evolution crammed down your throat as a fact, instead of a theory, which is what it is.
4. Smaller student to teacher ratio, so more one on one help.
5. Christian songs and pretty hymns in choir.

Cons:

1. Everyone knows everyone.
2. Hypocrites (yes, you'll see them everywhere and it is a con everywhere).
3. Strict dress codes.
4. At the school I just left, being forced to wear your hair in a bun at school.
5. If your doctrinal beliefs are different, you're looked at oddly.

Public School

Pros:

1. A larger selection of electives.
2. More opportunities to take the same class.
3. Clubs!  For example, I am in FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes).
4. Dancing is actually allowed....Psalm 149:3a.....it should be allowed in Christian schools too....
5. A looser dress code...and yes, you can still be modest.  No, not everyone will choose to, but you can be.

Cons:

1. There's always that chance that you'll get told that Evolution is the only way the earth could have come into being.
2. People may not always understand when you pray over your food or why you dress how you dress.
3. Cuss words every day.
4. A bigger student to teacher ratio (although my school is actually pretty small for a public school, so we do have a pretty good ratio)
5. Having to awkwardly ask your Weights teacher if it's alright if you wear a skirt for your class instead of the required shorts...thankfully, he's also the sponsor of the FCA and understands why I wear skirts, why my mom wants me to wear skirts and why that's what I feel comfortable in, so he just nodded and said that it would be fine, so long as I had shorts underneath so no one would see my undies...actually, he didn't say so no one would see my undies, but it was implied.

So, as you can see, there are pros and cons to both schools...at least both of the ones I've attended....  And yes, I did, in fact, put 'everyone knows everyone' as both a pro and a con...because, honestly it is.  Everyone knows everyone, so you don't have to worry about talking to strangers...but also...everyone knows everyone, so if there's something going on in your life...it's gonna be pretty dang easy for everyone to find out about it....

~Katie