Politically Incorrect Private School Thread What Do You Really Think?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the people who live in million dollar homes, drive luxury clothes, and drive luxury cars yet still send their kids to public school. There, I said it.

Lol, this is us. HHI tends to vary between 750k to a little over a million. DH was strongly in favor of public because he believes our children would benefit from NOT being raised to think they are the center of the universe and that they are more likely to learn the value of perseverance in public. I had no strong thoughts on the matter. In fact, I find threads like this amusing because people get so worked up about it. We both went to public schools and turned out fine.

Lol.. The idea that your kids don't think they are the center of the universe. Where do they go Watkins Mill?

True fact: there are real actual people who actually go to Watkins Mill HS! About 1,500 people, in fact. Have you ever been there?

Yes. I know that and I actually have kids in a "lesser" HS.

I just wanted the Pp to have to Google Watkins Mill, because clearly she is clueless if she does not think her kids are spoiled, I know they go to a W school, just wondering if it was Watkins Mill.

I have been to Watkins Mill for sports events. The neighborhood was fine, but the school was a bit scary. Really rough play and poor sportsmanship. I am surprised the FARMS rate is so high since the 'hood seemed okay, although I don't know what the boundaries actually are. So if people on this thread are thinking that Watkins Mill is representative of public schools then I would be sending my kids to private too. The other W schools, one of which my DC attends, are not like Watkins Mill.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I find it funny that so many public school parents who claim that public school is so much better than private, spend so much tine trolling and posting to the Private/Independent School forum. Hop on over to the public school one!

Oh, don't worry, I read that one too. But this one is more entertaining.

Or maybe you have some unresolved feelings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband turned to me in the car the other day and said that if we took the kids out of private school that we could live in a house that was $1M bigger/nicer. That really gave me pause. Yes we are choosing private, but is it really so wrong to prefer to go public and then have all that money to--gasp!--live in a nicer house, take nicer vacations, eat out all the time, etc? It made me feel like a fool for spending so much money just on school!

I think your kids' education is more important than a big house or going to a restaurant, no?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband turned to me in the car the other day and said that if we took the kids out of private school that we could live in a house that was $1M bigger/nicer. That really gave me pause. Yes we are choosing private, but is it really so wrong to prefer to go public and then have all that money to--gasp!--live in a nicer house, take nicer vacations, eat out all the time, etc? It made me feel like a fool for spending so much money just on school!

We have currently applied for my kids at a Big 3 school. My husband told me that money will be tight if we send them. No patio, no outdoor kitchen, and we won't be able to buy what we want on a whim if we do send them to private. That really got me thinking! lol

Parents spend so much money on their children's education and for what? Most of these kids don't even show their appreciation for it. I know so many public school graduates that went on and became successful in life. There is no guarantee that a private school graduate will become successful...so why do it?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My husband turned to me in the car the other day and said that if we took the kids out of private school that we could live in a house that was $1M bigger/nicer. That really gave me pause. Yes we are choosing private, but is it really so wrong to prefer to go public and then have all that money to--gasp!--live in a nicer house, take nicer vacations, eat out all the time, etc? It made me feel like a fool for spending so much money just on school!

I think your kids' education is more important than a big house or going to a restaurant, no?

Sure. But is the private school education that the PP's kids are getting $1 million better than the education the PP's kids would get in public school? (Or, more accurately, the extra mortgage payment on a house worth $1 million more). That's the question.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I find it funny that so many public school parents who claim that public school is so much better than private, spend so much tine trolling and posting to the Private/Independent School forum. Hop on over to the public school one!

Oh, don't worry, I read that one too. But this one is more entertaining.

Or maybe you have some unresolved feelings.

Nope! But thank you for your concern.

[Anonymous]

A hardworking child will be hardworking no matter which school they go to and a good for nothing child will always be a good for nothing no matter where they go. End of story.

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Anonymous wrote:A hardworking child will be hardworking no matter which school they go to and a good for nothing child will always be a good for nothing no matter where they go. End of story.

You should open your own school, you are like an educational savant.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A hardworking child will be hardworking no matter which school they go to and a good for nothing child will always be a good for nothing no matter where they go. End of story.

You should open your own school, you are like an educational savant.

why thank you! lol

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Anonymous wrote:A hardworking child will be hardworking no matter which school they go to and a good for nothing child will always be a good for nothing no matter where they go. End of story.

Yeah, that's definitely not true.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I find it funny that so many public school parents who claim that public school is so much better than private, spend so much tine trolling and posting to the Private/Independent School forum. Hop on over to the public school one!

Oh, don't worry, I read that one too. But this one is more entertaining.

+100

+101. This forum is like the Daily Mail and Buzzfeed all rolled into one. The schadenfreude, the insecurity, the snobbery....

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A hardworking child will be hardworking no matter which school they go to and a good for nothing child will always be a good for nothing no matter where they go. End of story.

Yeah, that's definitely not true.

Sure it is. You just have to generalize to the parents.

Watch: Parents who raise a hardworking child will have a hardworking child no matter which school they enroll him/her in. And parents who raise a good-for-nothing child will have a good-for-nothing child no matter which school they enroll him/her in.

[Anonymous]

It's not entirely about the "level of education" your kid receives, it's about their entire upbringing, their happiness, confidence, joy of learning, being on a team, making lifelong friendships, being happy, stable, secure...do what's right for your child whatever that is. Lifelong happiness is the end goal. It takes a lot to be happy, but give them the foundation.

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Anonymous wrote:It's not entirely about the "level of education" your kid receives, it's about their entire upbringing, their happiness, confidence, joy of learning, being on a team, making lifelong friendships, being happy, stable, secure...do what's right for your child whatever that is. Lifelong happiness is the end goal. It takes a lot to be happy, but give them the foundation.

I don't believe in happiness as a goal. I believe in hard work, a sense of responsibility, and investment in relationships and people.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's not entirely about the "level of education" your kid receives, it's about their entire upbringing, their happiness, confidence, joy of learning, being on a team, making lifelong friendships, being happy, stable, secure...do what's right for your child whatever that is. Lifelong happiness is the end goal. It takes a lot to be happy, but give them the foundation.

I don't believe in happiness as a goal. I believe in hard work, a sense of responsibility, and investment in relationships and people.

Investment in relationships and people? How do you measure the rate of return?