what do you think is the best form education please state why you feel wich one is best as well as the type of school you attended when you were in school or what kind you currently attend now

There isn't a best form of education. All of them have their pros and cons, but in the end you'll learn as much a people in other types of school did.

I would have to say that Home Schooling is one of the best forms, but it wouldn't exist if it weren't for other schools. It really depends on the kid. Just like earthwarrior said, there is really no "best" form, because it is so dependent on the child, the environment and stuff like that.

tornadocam : Maybe home school kids learn more but they are completely behind the power curve when it comes to socialization.  Home school kids don't know how to deal with team building, frustration with other people. social interaction, and group work.  I work at a YMCA where we have some home school programs with athletics.  These kids are up to 8th grade and they have no idea how to interact with large groups (or small groups) of other kids.

The knowledge thing is important but learning social norms and how to work with other people, disagree with other people, interact with other people and do all the things required in real life aren't capable of being addressed with home school.  The free flow of public school, even private schools and charter schools, gives so much more knowledge than home school.

The last part is the kids that want to learn more do well in public school.  You don't get the real world experiences at home as you would in the melee that is not home schooling.

My college instructor said you go to school to learn.
That's a good point.
Very little of what you learn is important, but the process of learning is.
Equally its a gradual introduction into the wider world.
I don't aprove of homeschooling.
Few parents are capable of teaching multiple topics.
Plus the kids miss out on years of social skills.

Well, I've never been to any type of form of education, other than home-school. So, home-school I guess. My parents didn't want me to get bullied or torn down by other kids (my sister would come home with bruises and cuts from her public school), so they brought me up by having me do everything at home. To tell you the truth, I wish I went to public school. Socializing with other kids is a BIG downfall on me now. Though, that was all because of my past experiences with those "so-called friends." My demeanor was more outgoing, up until some kids made me form a shell. However, recently I've made some new friends at my current school! The best part of it is I get to see them on field trips, and at the main building when we take our Benchmark and STAR tests! Even though they live hours away, I can still chat with them via Skype or e-mail. So, all is good. 

Also, the school I go to let's you interact with other students. It's not like any other home-school I've been to before.

There are pros and cons to all.

Home schooling is great for getting the most education done in the fasted time. You can really adapt the classes to the student's needs, and often they are ready for post-secondary or the workforce at a younger age, if they want. Also, they may have more time for other pursuits, like learning music, arts, spots, trades, cooking, etc.

That being said, home school kids do not deal with a great diversity of people on a daily basis. They will work with their family most days, and socialized with others on a semi-regular occasion. Whereas a public school student is faced with crowds, annoying people, different cultures, 'alpha' type people, crushes, bullies, teams, peer pressure, etc. Now while a lot of those indeed are negative, if the student is well prepared, and the school a good one, these challenges will prepare them for the real world, where most of these forces are only intensified.

Private schools can be a somewhere in the middle, which is great, but based on my experienced, those kids tend to think the are superior than others, though I'm sure is likely due to their parents' attitude. I'm sure that, if done well, a child could go to a private school and be taught morals and values that would enure they respected all people.

Public school by far. Homeschool is good because you're learning at your own rate, but you get lonely. Very lonely. You're not around other people your age. Most people here are voting homeschool, but I bet that they don't have many friends. It's almost the same with cyber or online school. You go however fast you like, but you get lonely unless you go to public school part of the day. Cyber school is terrible though, because it feels like every class is AP. Way too much work required.

And that's why I choose public school.

I think that if teachers were allowed to do their jobs without government sticking it's head in, public would be the best. I'm a public school teacher, but government intervention is killing it. Policies and standards being made by people who are either not teachers or people who have been out of a classroom for so long, they are completely out of touch with what it is like. When you have schools basically run by people who couldn't cut it in a classroom themselves, you get things that are not possible or simply do not work. Then the teachers are expected to just do it as if it is as easily done as said. I would LOVE to see a lot of these people in charge of implementing these ridiculous policies and standards make their own implementations work in a classroom.

But I have seen that kids who really excel in public schools are kids I have no worry being the future generation. When they can balance the high social setting and the positives and negatives that come with it as well as excelling in the classroom are more than ready to take on what their future holds.

I have seen a lot of private school kids do very well too, but their grasp of how things work in the real world outside of their socioeconomic circle tends to be lacking. There often is the sense of entitlement and I have seen a lot of kids unable to handle not having all the attention, accommodations, etc that they could ever want. You don't get that in college, and I have seen many private school college dropouts because they couldn't handle not being seen as special or the center of the community.

The social issue with home school has already been addressed. I know only a small handful of people who were home schooled who have managed to have proper social skills. My wife's cousins are home schooled, and they are the most socially awkward kids. They can't function without having their parents close by. Practically attached to their hips. They also don't understand that not everyone is as financially well off as them, so they don't understand exactly how rude they are most of the time. They are exposed to nothing but their home life, and have this impression that everyone is like them. Completely oblivious to the outside world. Most people I have worked with in a job setting that were home schooled didn't last long because of their inability to interact.

I don't think the type of school matters so much as how the child is raised.  If you in still a desire and wonder in a child to learn they will be able to excel and learn more because of their motivation.  Whether their tools for learning are provided publicly, privately, or through the home I think the child's attitude towards education makes the most difference.  You can have a slacker at the best schools not learn anything and you can have a diligent student at the worst of public schools ending up at Harvard.  One more thing I'd like to add is that I believe the socialalization that occurs in schools is good for behavioral development as well.  Social skills are important and while there are places to develop those skills other than school, it is a good place to learn. 

Public school is the best form of education in my opinion. In public school, students get to develop many social, team building, and tolerance skills, similar to what warmaker stated. Also, there's the biggest variety of types of people in public schools. That allows students to familiarize themselves with multiple cultures, religions, gifts and disabilities, and more.

I'd say public school because that was the only form of school I had besides home schooling which I didn't like.

I thought I had actually responded to this thread, so I'm surprised to see that I haven't. However, I appreciate the opinions stated here.  I used to be of the mind that homeschooling was best without a doubt.... but I also feel that too many parents don't do it the right way.  Some of the smartest people I know where homeschooled, but unfortunately I can say the same about some of the dumbest people I know.

I'm not a fan of public schools though, and that's mainly for the reasons rcarter2 stated.  As a high school teacher in a public school, I feel like the government ties my hands behind my back just to make its institutions look good and ease the passage of money.

I think that public school is the best form of education - this is a place where everyone is. I go to public school, and I think it has its ups and downs. Homeschooling might not be the best form; it would only help if you were disabled/socially disabled.

Singelli : I agree with what you said about homeschooling; I would like to add on to that. I think that most of the smartest or dumbest people were homeschooled. So, I don't want to brag, but I get amazing grades. I think it was from something that my parents did, because I feel that before that happened, I was just writing on walls. I think that after my parents did whatever they did (they probably just put me in front of a TV with some crazy show), I was writing number sentences on the walls. At the age of three. I started playing the Who Wants to be a Millionaire game online. So...

The best school is the one that breaks to Prussian model of mass-producing docile, gullible citizens that can't think for themselves. Be it public, boarding, charter of whatever type of school, it needs to develop the mind rather than just force-feed it.

I think the best forum of education is the traditional public school, the reason why is that you can be able to meet a whole lot of interesting friends, get a lot of accurate school work and if you need help with anything, you have someone that can help you out as well. For 13 years, I have experience public schooling and I think to my point of view, this is the best option to pick.

well, also public school are better than private school it teaches the same