Growing up in Grand Forks going to public schools. I entered college and started to hear about the "horrors of public schools." I just couldn't wrap my head around it. Public schools seemed perfectly fine to me. My buddies and I all graduated with honors. 99% of people showed up everyday and had homework ready to turn in.
My "twin cities" friends in college quickly filled me in that there was a whole other side to "public schools" I had no idea existed.
If your public school is bad, is that a system of the neighborhood you live in?