I've been to both public and private schools, and I must say that the quality of education is much higher at a private school. Private schools are much lower in population and don't require as much attention to security and safety when compared with my public school that has 4000+ kids, allowing more time to be spent on creating good material and classes. I've never much liked homeschooling (even though I've never experienced it) because I think the potential for a wrong bias (such as homophobia) to be taught to the kid is pretty high. Since it is illegal for any teacher to push a political ideology or religion on a student (unless you go to a religious private school), that threat is much smaller in public schools. Not to mention the kids don't get to socialize and develop other peers nearly as often as publicly or even privately schooled kids. Based purely off preference and experience, I prefer public schools. More relaxed, more fun, allows for a greater amount of personal expression, and I've made way more friends compared to my old private school (10 years). It's just that the quality of the education is lower.