[rbreaves]

Damn man.. if it weren't for public schools I would seriously be worried about what type of education I'd have gotten at the hands of my own parents or the type of private school they'd have sent me. Public schooling is quite literally one of the only reasons I care about science and take an analytical approach to most everything the way that I do.

[lotsofpulp]

US public schools is how I had a chance to get ahead, because my poor non English speaking parents who are prone to believing cult bullshit were not of much use in terms of providing the critical thinking skills and information (pre internet data) necessary to succeed.

[linuxftw]

> Public schooling is quite literally one of the only reasons I care about science and take an analytical approach to most everything the way that I do.

You assume. If there was no public school, there would be some other thing that fills this void. In fact, even with public school, there are a variety of alternatives.