Are private schools really that special or just overpriced?

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Anonymous wrote:It's trolling because you are making strawman claims.

Not really. It’s trolling, in your view, because I am saying things that you don’t like to hear.

No, you are mischaracterizing what other people are saying and putting words in their mouth.

Not really. I am describing what they are saying, that public schools are inferior to private schools (in their view) and that parents from those schools are not allowed to comment on private schools. But in fact many parents from private schools find them a bit overpriced. You can read the classist comments in previous posts.

Curious - can private school parents comment on public schools?

It’s well established that there are tons of families with kids in both public and private, or switched between public and private (or vice versa). Which part of that is hard for you to understand?

The most declarative, emphatic statements come from people who clearly have no experience with public schools. For example, "Public school is never a consideration for people who can truly afford private."

You have no proof that they "have no experience with public schools."

If they had experience with public schools, they would know that of course many people who "can truly afford private" do consider public school, because they would know people who fit that description.

The people with experience at both public and private say more moderated, insightful things than "never a consideration" for any of a whole swath of poeple

Funny how the public school parents are convinced their peers in public school can easily afford private school tuition.

So if private school was free, they would still be in public school?

Being able to easily afford private school is the same as being free. The money doesn't matter.

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Anonymous wrote:It's trolling because you are making strawman claims.

Not really. It’s trolling, in your view, because I am saying things that you don’t like to hear.

No, you are mischaracterizing what other people are saying and putting words in their mouth.

Not really. I am describing what they are saying, that public schools are inferior to private schools (in their view) and that parents from those schools are not allowed to comment on private schools. But in fact many parents from private schools find them a bit overpriced. You can read the classist comments in previous posts.

Curious - can private school parents comment on public schools?

It’s well established that there are tons of families with kids in both public and private, or switched between public and private (or vice versa). Which part of that is hard for you to understand?

The most declarative, emphatic statements come from people who clearly have no experience with public schools. For example, "Public school is never a consideration for people who can truly afford private."

You have no proof that they "have no experience with public schools."

If they had experience with public schools, they would know that of course many people who "can truly afford private" do consider public school, because they would know people who fit that description.

The people with experience at both public and private say more moderated, insightful things than "never a consideration" for any of a whole swath of poeple

Funny how the public school parents are convinced their peers in public school can easily afford private school tuition.

So if private school was free, they would still be in public school?

Being able to easily afford private school is the same as being free. The money doesn't matter.

Funny this private school parent that is completely clueless. Parents switch between private and public all the time. Somebody should pop his bubble.

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Anonymous wrote:It's trolling because you are making strawman claims.

Not really. It’s trolling, in your view, because I am saying things that you don’t like to hear.

No, you are mischaracterizing what other people are saying and putting words in their mouth.

Not really. I am describing what they are saying, that public schools are inferior to private schools (in their view) and that parents from those schools are not allowed to comment on private schools. But in fact many parents from private schools find them a bit overpriced. You can read the classist comments in previous posts.

Curious - can private school parents comment on public schools?

It’s well established that there are tons of families with kids in both public and private, or switched between public and private (or vice versa). Which part of that is hard for you to understand?

The most declarative, emphatic statements come from people who clearly have no experience with public schools. For example, "Public school is never a consideration for people who can truly afford private."

You have no proof that they "have no experience with public schools."

If they had experience with public schools, they would know that of course many people who "can truly afford private" do consider public school, because they would know people who fit that description.

The people with experience at both public and private say more moderated, insightful things than "never a consideration" for any of a whole swath of poeple

Funny how the public school parents are convinced their peers in public school can easily afford private school tuition.

So if private school was free, they would still be in public school?

Being able to easily afford private school is the same as being free. The money doesn't matter.

Most people with kids in public in DC cannot afford private. SOME can afford private; a few can afford private easily. But those people either believe in public education as a value, prefer their kids don't live in a rarefied environment, or went to private themselves and didn't like it.

That's in the DMV. Outside of a few major cities, few people -- rich or otherwise -- consider private unless there is a special problem. Many public schools where rich people tend to live are strong schools.

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Anonymous wrote:It's trolling because you are making strawman claims.

Not really. It’s trolling, in your view, because I am saying things that you don’t like to hear.

No, you are mischaracterizing what other people are saying and putting words in their mouth.

Not really. I am describing what they are saying, that public schools are inferior to private schools (in their view) and that parents from those schools are not allowed to comment on private schools. But in fact many parents from private schools find them a bit overpriced. You can read the classist comments in previous posts.

Curious - can private school parents comment on public schools?

It’s well established that there are tons of families with kids in both public and private, or switched between public and private (or vice versa). Which part of that is hard for you to understand?

The most declarative, emphatic statements come from people who clearly have no experience with public schools. For example, "Public school is never a consideration for people who can truly afford private."

You have no proof that they "have no experience with public schools."

If they had experience with public schools, they would know that of course many people who "can truly afford private" do consider public school, because they would know people who fit that description.

The people with experience at both public and private say more moderated, insightful things than "never a consideration" for any of a whole swath of poeple

Funny how the public school parents are convinced their peers in public school can easily afford private school tuition.

So if private school was free, they would still be in public school?

Being able to easily afford private school is the same as being free. The money doesn't matter.

Funny this private school parent that is completely clueless. Parents switch between private and public all the time. Somebody should pop his bubble.

That is irrelevant to what was said. Not feeling the cost financially is different from making financial trade-offs in your budget.

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Anonymous wrote:It's trolling because you are making strawman claims.

Not really. It’s trolling, in your view, because I am saying things that you don’t like to hear.

No, you are mischaracterizing what other people are saying and putting words in their mouth.

Not really. I am describing what they are saying, that public schools are inferior to private schools (in their view) and that parents from those schools are not allowed to comment on private schools. But in fact many parents from private schools find them a bit overpriced. You can read the classist comments in previous posts.

Curious - can private school parents comment on public schools?

It’s well established that there are tons of families with kids in both public and private, or switched between public and private (or vice versa). Which part of that is hard for you to understand?

The most declarative, emphatic statements come from people who clearly have no experience with public schools. For example, "Public school is never a consideration for people who can truly afford private."

You have no proof that they "have no experience with public schools."

If they had experience with public schools, they would know that of course many people who "can truly afford private" do consider public school, because they would know people who fit that description.

The people with experience at both public and private say more moderated, insightful things than "never a consideration" for any of a whole swath of poeple

Funny how the public school parents are convinced their peers in public school can easily afford private school tuition.

So if private school was free, they would still be in public school?

Being able to easily afford private school is the same as being free. The money doesn't matter.

Funny this private school parent that is completely clueless. Parents switch between private and public all the time. Somebody should pop his bubble.

That is irrelevant to what was said. Not feeling the cost financially is different from making financial trade-offs in your budget.

Funny.

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OP is provocative, but at the end of the day some schools are a bit overpriced regardless if you are rich or poor, in the sense that do not offer much better quality of education relative to public schools. Some private schools are expensive but offer high quality of education that some people are willing to pay. So yes, on average private schools are overpriced.

[Anonymous]

Depends on the school. Some are worse than public school, which I can unfortunately say from experience.

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Anonymous wrote:Depends on the school. Some are worse than public school, which I can unfortunately say from experience.

Agree. One example is a pricy private school in NW DC.

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Anonymous wrote:Depends on the school. Some are worse than public school, which I can unfortunately say from experience.

Agree. One example is a pricy private school in NW DC.

I would say all of them.

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Oh look, the anti-Maret troll is back!

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Anonymous wrote:Oh look, the anti-Maret troll is back!

Didn’t know the poster was referring to maret.

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Anonymous wrote:It's trolling because you are making strawman claims.

Not really. It’s trolling, in your view, because I am saying things that you don’t like to hear.

No, you are mischaracterizing what other people are saying and putting words in their mouth.

Not really. I am describing what they are saying, that public schools are inferior to private schools (in their view) and that parents from those schools are not allowed to comment on private schools. But in fact many parents from private schools find them a bit overpriced. You can read the classist comments in previous posts.

Curious - can private school parents comment on public schools?

It’s well established that there are tons of families with kids in both public and private, or switched between public and private (or vice versa). Which part of that is hard for you to understand?

The most declarative, emphatic statements come from people who clearly have no experience with public schools. For example, "Public school is never a consideration for people who can truly afford private."

You have no proof that they "have no experience with public schools."

If they had experience with public schools, they would know that of course many people who "can truly afford private" do consider public school, because they would know people who fit that description.

The people with experience at both public and private say more moderated, insightful things than "never a consideration" for any of a whole swath of poeple

Funny how the public school parents are convinced their peers in public school can easily afford private school tuition.

So if private school was free, they would still be in public school?

Being able to easily afford private school is the same as being free. The money doesn't matter.

We paid for a so-called "top ivy" out of pocket, so yes, we could have afforded private school. That kid turned down NCS for a public magnet (you can see the college outcome was still pretty great). We know several other families on our kid's soccer team who made the same decision. One or two, like us, tried private for a few years and decided it wasn't worth it.

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Anonymous wrote:Depends on the school. Some are worse than public school, which I can unfortunately say from experience.

And it depends on what you mean by "special" or "worse." If you want your kid to graduate with healthy self-esteem, don't send them to Sidwell.

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Anonymous wrote:Depends on the school. Some are worse than public school, which I can unfortunately say from experience.

And it depends on what you mean by "special" or "worse." If you want your kid to graduate with healthy self-esteem, don't send them to Sidwell.

Also avoid Maret.

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Anonymous wrote:I only can see a benefit if you can get your kid into one of the top schools where the rich and famous 0.01% send their own kids. To make connections.

I don't believe that a rando private school down the street is better than a top public pyramid.

This. There are two private schools down the road from each other near my house. The tuition is the same for both. One is worth it, one is not.