1.  I guess.  I was in private school (almost the same) from kindergarten through second grade, so my memory is limited.  

2. Well, I liked it because I was able to meet a lot of people of both genders; (now that I am homeschooled, most of the things I do, sports and club wise, are not co-ed, so I don't get to meet very many boys. Weird, yes, but true.  But don't worry, I do have some boys in my life hee hee :) Anywho, but why I started homeschooling is because I was far ahead of everyone else in my class.  I had to wait minutes for my teacher to go through side A of the worksheet with us, and then I could go ahead on my own with side B.  But... I cheated. hee hee, by the time she finished helping students with side A, I was already done with both sides.  Some of the kids in my class were so... ignorant, I couldn't stand it.  They ruined my experience.  

3. Erm, I don't really remember.  I'd have to say my first grade teacher, because she sent me to the "time-out" chair for being too loud.  :D

4. Nope.

5. I am very thankful that I did go to private school because I can easily mix between homeschoolers and public schoolers with ease, and I can know what they are talking about school wise, (somewhat).  Everyone wants me to go to our high school next year, but I actually prefer homeschooling.  It's just so much easier, you get more breaks, you don't have to worry about looks and being dressed nice everyday, I can eat whenever, do school whenever, and we can go on vacation when everyone else is in school, which means not crowded places.  So I do LOVE homeschooling.  :D  The only bad part is some people treat you differently, as if your "uncool".  I believe it doesn't matter whatsoever and it just feels terrible and embarrassing.  I won't say any more.  

Oh. Public school. I hope you don't mind I have rather a lot to say on the subject. You needn't read it all... *blinks* Did I jus say 'needn't?' Ha. Sorry. I added that but in the middle, and when I feel strongly about something, I may sound a bit... odd.

1. Did you enjoy your public school experience? Erm, some of it.

2. Why or why not (You can be vague or detailed about this)? Prepare foran extremely long and detailed analysis of my 7 years of public schooling.

I loved kindergarten; I learned to read there (Not that I couldn't read a
few wirds beforehand, but only a few words, and kindergarten got me up
to a 4th-grade level). I had a very nice teacher, too.

First grade was boring, and I didn't really learn much—our spelling
tests consisted mainly of the words I'd known before kindergarten, like
'cat' and 'bed.' He let me take a fourth grade test, though. That was
fun, and I passed (of course, I was way past a fourth-grade level by
then, but...). Then, unfortunately, I had to take it again in 4th grade,
because my teacher didn't believe I'd already taken it. She thought I
was misremembering :P . Recess was also boring, because my friends from kindergarten had all left for different schools (it wasn't a very good one, though I was too inexperienced to know that—we had a bad principal), and I wasn't really able to make any more that year. Oh, and then there was the fact that everyone kept asking me how to spell things. That was annoying.

2nd grade was wonderful. My teacher really made an effort to teach everyone, not just the people who were behind, so I didn't have to just sit there and be bored all day. Oh, and there was Alex. She was a close friend of mine, until we moved away. Then we lost contact with each other. But I liked her enough to include her on the list, which is really an honor because I never included any of my other friends on it,

I don't remember much about 3rd grade.

4th grade was great because of yet another excellent teacher, plus my first spelling bee. However, things never really worked out socially. People seem to judge me because of... well, various odd things. I don't have much in common with any of them... At all. But I was finally at a good school! Yay! With a GT program! YAY! Not to mention the spelling bee, because it was already mentioned.

In 5th grade, I had 2 teachers. One was excellent and the other just kept ranting about things I already knew. This could get very boring, and I would occasionally just take out a book and start reading. This would cause her, understandably, to take it away. The other students, however, caught on to this and began telling her I was reading when I wasn't. She invariably confiscated it regardless of whether it was even open. And... might that give you some idea of other peoples' attitude towards me? Because it hasn't really changed.

6th grade... Ugh. I now don't even go to a good school anymore. There's no GT program and the teachers all just focus on teaching the ones who are behind, leaving the ahead people to basically just sit and wait for 7 hours per day. Theatre and Art were both fun. RELA was, too, but I learned absolutely nothing all year. It consisted of reading, writing, and boring grammar worksheets. My situation was like R~D~'s with those, but I did them so quickly it didn't matter. It wouldn't have, anyway, if everyone hadn't noticed how quickly I got them done, and the fact that I usually got everything on them correct. Then they kept askingfor help, and it was like first grade, but worse. See, if there was someone sitting by the person I was helping who didn't like either one of us, they would keep asking me annoying questions, which served the dual purpose of annoying me and making sure the other person couldn't get help (somehow, it seemed that no-one ever wanted to ask the teacher). And I loved choir. It was really fun, except for that annoying girl who hated me. Then there was math; I'll talk about that later. Then social studies: fun. Then science: way too easy and boring. I love science, but not listening to things I discovered on my own when I was 8. Oh, and another thing I hated about 6th grade is the jokes people told. They're nearly all racist or inappropriate or something of that sort, and it can be slightly disturbing occasionally... But I'm now used to it. I mean, look at what my brother watches on television... *sigh* Oh, sorry. Off topic.

Sorry. That was longer than I intended, but well, it was 7 years...

3. What was the worst teacher you've had (like, what was wrong with them)? I've had fairly good luck with teachers, actually. I've never had one that I actually hated. In my opinion, the job of a teacher is to help students understand what they don't know—in other words, to teach. If they don't do that, what on Earth are they for? My 6th grade math teacher just gave us worksheets up to our ears and nothing else. All year. Oh, sure, she'd give help if you asked, as long as you were in danger of missing the question. Otherwise: No. She didn't at all care, as long as we knew enough to do as well as we could on the stupid state test! She was exactly the kind of teacher my previous teachers had always complained about. Personally, I love math, if—and only if—it makes actual sense. Which it usually does. I've been forced over the years to figure out many of the 'whys' in life for myself, because everyone is always so annoyed at my asking them. Most of the time, I can figure them out in math, and that's one of the things I love about it. It fits a pattern. But sometimes, I can't, and I want to know, so that I can be somewhat interested in what I'm doing. She doesn't see how knowing it will help me, though, sadly. In fact... my brain works oddly. Most of the time, everyone else was struggling to keep up, and I was wishing we could go a bit faster. But then, when something is obvious to everyone else, I'm usually completely lost. My theory is that she doesn't understand how I could possibly not get those things. Or maybe she just can't get around the idea that I'm actually interested in knowing more than is taught. Either way, I suppose it isn't that she's particularly horrible as much as that she doesn't understand how my brain works. Still, it's a bit annoying to be called argumentative for trying to get a deeper understanding. And by the way, I have no idea where this yearning to understand everything came from, but it's not just math, either. It's, well, everything, and it annoys people. Greatly. It's... caused me problems, because I can't just sit still and wonder. I just can't...

4. Have you ever experienced discrimination of any type? Oh, yes, definitely. Against... Let's see:

Vegetarians. Inside my school and outside it. You wouldn't believe the things people will say...

African Americans (I haven't actually seen anyone judged for the color of their skin, but the jokes

Blondes (very minor, often supported by some of them themselves, as masquerading as unintelligent seems to get them friends)

Probably more that I can't think of or know about because I don't listen to people very often. They just confuse me...

5. Would you choose to go back, if you could (or, if you're still in, leave if you could?)? *grins* See the thread I made. I'm quite... adamant. But I suppose I should tell you... so, well, yes! I would definitely leave if I could, and I am trying to convince my parent to let me. It's working better than I expected, actually...

1.  I have loved public schooling and probally still will next year.

2.  I've had good teachers, nice classes, and there have never been any bullies in my school.

3.  Probally my kindergarten teacher, because she wasn't right for little kids.  She had very little patience, but she would do better with older kids.

4.  No.

5.  I would NEVER leave my elementary school, but next year since I'll be in middle school things might be different.

@ R~D~  I had the same thing, with always finishing before other people.  Being a straight A student all my life it bothered me having to wait for other people.  I remember one time in kindergarten we had to write our numbers as far as you could go, in a few minutes, and I went way up into the hundreds, and everyone else got suck on like 50 or something.

1. I love it because it opens me up to all new experience.

2. answered in #1

3. one of the teachers I have had has hated me so much. She would not let me do anything!

4. I am Jewish so some students in the past have wanted to kill me. One even said I killed Jesus.

5. I would not choose to go back because I always look forward.

1. Did you enjoy your public school experience? No. 

2. Why or why not? (You can be vague, or detailed about this.) Too easy.

3. What was the worst teacher you've had (like, what was wrong with them)? She wanted to quash all my creativity. And my opinions. My opinions especially. 

4. Have you ever experienced discrimination of any type? ...No. 

5. Would you choose to go back, if you could? (Or, if you're still in, leave if you could?) Not sure what you mean by this. 

1. Yes, I enjoyed public school, and I will always go to a public school as I do now.

2. Why do i enjoy it? Because I've never gone to a PRIVATE school. Public school is my life and practically my second home.

3. Well, i love all my teachers and they were and are all nice to me. But there are some teachers whom I think were harsh on some kids, thought it WAS just a different style of teaching. Lucky me, i got all the soft-hearted, kind teachers.

4. Maybe a tiny bit of discrimination with african-american people. I'm not pregudiced, and I don't have any friends that are, but I have definitely seen people leave out others who are not like them. But still, that wouldn't just be the effect of public school. It could happen anywhere.

5. I would love to stay put but I only have one year left in elementary school. I also wouldn't leave because, as I said before, public school is where I am seven hours of each day and i love everything!! :)