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Natalie Escutia
Professor Spitler Lawson
English 113B
Project Text Rough Draft
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23 April 2016
Private schools vs. Public schools
Public schools in America funded by the government, give students opportunities to
prepare for their future careers. Most public schools in California are given up-to-date
technology and education also giving a diversity of cultures. With the expansion of cultures this
provides learning opportunities for students by having different opinions. Different opinions
mean that we are able to identify points of weakness in our own community. Learning from one
another helps increase our knowledge. In the Giver by Lois Lowry, their community was made
up of a controlled society similar to private schools. Jonas was an average teen who was gifted as
the receiver of memory in his community. This community set strict rules; making their
community have the weakest removed, while the strongest were sent to already set up families.
The families were made up of a mother, a father, and two children: a girl and a boy. In the Giver,
there was no diversity and everybody was obligated to learn certain regulations and obey unusual
rules. No emotions such as love or hate were allowed, there was no way of people having their
own style or form individualism. Lack of diversity breeds intolerance. In the giver, the standard
measurement of a healthy baby is the strongest in health; however when this method fails,
there is no slack and they are sentenced to death. A closed community like in the Giver closed

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many opportunities for learning by forcing them to learn certain subjects similar to private
schools.
Private schools provide limited education removing what is most important to them. The Giver is
similar to private schools by setting rules. By having a closed community and set training this
makes their community focus on one career. Although focusing and perfecting on one subject
could be beneficial, it closes many doors to expand knowledge. Their community is forced into
training from a young age. In the Giver teens were given the task to aid at nursing centers. This
made children mature quick by teaching them to do simple tasks like learn to ride bikes by the
age of seven into young adulthood. In Chase Fendrichs article he explains how private schools
help teach discipline, Private schools also instill proper morals and discipline, especially with
schools that require uniforms.
Public schools invite all types of classes of people to learn. Most public schools let students wear
what they choose and have minor rules. They are more funded which means that they have
bigger classrooms and more classes. In an article by University Wire, called Public vs. Private
School, it shares that public school students become involved by funding, Having more of a
budget enables public schools to sponsor more activities and keep their students involved in the
school. Public schools give students an opportunity to learn from each other and show them
how to work with one another. It is important to accept differences and learn from society in
order to expand our growth. The Givers community prohibited even thinking a certain way and
people in the community were forced to apologize if they had certain thoughts. rich vs poor kid,
poor kid can teach rich kid about lack of opportunity in his society. In the giver, when the fighter
jet flies overhead the Giver had the collective opinion to shoot down fighter yet, however the
Giver who has many experiences prevented a tragic incident.

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Annotations
Public Vs. Private School." University WireMar 03 2015. ProQuest. Web. 19 Apr. 2016 .
In this article called Public Vs. Private School explains how both schools are beneficial in
different ways. Giving strengths and weakness of both in comparison. I found this source on the
CSUN library data base. I searched up public and private schools, and it was a post from a
university, so I knew it was credible. It will be useful for my paper by explaining the differences
of each school and the pros and cons of each. This article will be useful to by showing how
public and private schools change the way students act just like the community in the Giver.
This article by Chase Fendrich gives stats on the quality of education on the difference of public
and private schools. It shows how much parents pay for their childs education and how much
the government pays for publics schools education. I found this article in the CSUN one search
by searching public vs private schools. The source is from a Community college peer reviewed
article so I found it to be trustworthy for my paper. This article will be useful by having stats on
the cost of education in the U.S. The Giver shows how a shut in community like private schools
have benefits but are also close minded to their surroundings.