I went through public schools from K-7, then to a private Christian school from 8-11, a public school for 12th.

My overall impressions were:
-The quality of education in the private school was infinately superior to the quality of education at the public schools.
-Public schools are so horribly dumbed down for the masses...
-Giving students out fo school suspensions for misbehaving in public school is a joke... that's what they WANT!
-The vast majority of public school students are NOT really prepared for college.

When I transfered to public school for my senior year, it was a joke. They were teaching seniors things that I had learned in my Freshman year.

I did go to a public University (Go Ohio State!!) for a while and thank my lucky stars that I got the preparation that I got while at the private school.



Edited to add: the quality of education was better, but I SO could have done without the in-your-face preaching style that we were forced to put up with on a daily basis