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Hamo is weighing up the pros and cons of the various options available for where to send his daughter to school, and has written an excellent and comprehensive post on the subject. Worthwhile reading for any Christian parent.
Personally I am a product of both the public and private school systems - state school up to grade 3, private Christian school from grade 4-10, and then state high school again for years 11-12, before moving on to a public university (unlike the USA, Australia does not have a significant private/religious tertiary education sector). I think there is no right or wrong answer but Christian schooling does have some definite potential advantages. Now that Owen is in pre-primary and attending the same Christian school I went to (although it’s several times larger than back in my day) I have no doubts that we have made the right choice for him. He regularly comes back from school talking about God and the Bible, in addition to the usual numbers and alphabet and what not. The only problem is that they are stimulating him so much that he is already starting to ask me difficult questions about why God allows sin and suffering and evil in the world. He’s only 4 (5 this week) and contemplating theodicy. Bet you wouldn’t get that in a state school!
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