Anyone facing jealous friends now that your kids are in private school?

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Anonymous wrote:As someone who admits to being jealous about all sorts of money things from travel to car to home renovations I can 1000 percent say private does not make the list. I have also found the teachers are better on balance in public, esp after learning a very average classmate of mine got a job teaching at sidwell with no prior experience. (Years ago) No doubt smaller class sizes, personal attention/coddling and better facilities come with private, and there’s the occasional bad teacher in public. I’m just one of those people who has different values including socioeconomic diversity, and feels my public is more than good enough to educated kids. And I’m not alone judging by all the Uber educated and wealthy families in our local public.

All the Uber educated and wealthy families at your local public? Thanks for the laugh.

Reminds me of the joke about the person being given a tour of heaven who asked about the big curtained off area. St Peter replied “Those are the Southern Baptists. They don’t know that the rest of you are here.”

We’re a 2 PhD family of researchers with a fair amount of national accolades in our fields. We still have happy hours with parents from our public, including the current president of a large national, frequently in the news national scientific association, a frequent CNN contributor who has been running a DC think tank since he stopped teaching at Harvard, a senior state department official, a senior IC person, and a much cited national journalist.

I’m sure the parents of private school kids are lovely, and I would never presume to make blanket statements about them.

Yes, to call either one uber educated and wealthy is hilarious.

[Anonymous]

Our family has been exclusively in private schools for a couple of centuries so this is just crazy to me!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As someone who admits to being jealous about all sorts of money things from travel to car to home renovations I can 1000 percent say private does not make the list. I have also found the teachers are better on balance in public, esp after learning a very average classmate of mine got a job teaching at sidwell with no prior experience. (Years ago) No doubt smaller class sizes, personal attention/coddling and better facilities come with private, and there’s the occasional bad teacher in public. I’m just one of those people who has different values including socioeconomic diversity, and feels my public is more than good enough to educated kids. And I’m not alone judging by all the Uber educated and wealthy families in our local public.

All the Uber educated and wealthy families at your local public? Thanks for the laugh.

Reminds me of the joke about the person being given a tour of heaven who asked about the big curtained off area. St Peter replied “Those are the Southern Baptists. They don’t know that the rest of you are here.”

We’re a 2 PhD family of researchers with a fair amount of national accolades in our fields. We still have happy hours with parents from our public, including the current president of a large national, frequently in the news national scientific association, a frequent CNN contributor who has been running a DC think tank since he stopped teaching at Harvard, a senior state department official, a senior IC person, and a much cited national journalist.

I’m sure the parents of private school kids are lovely, and I would never presume to make blanket statements about them.

Sounds like a small gathering of parents at our private. Amazing number of CEOs, prominent scholars, national news channel anchors and leading lawyers.

[Anonymous]

From my experience it’s just best to keep the conversation really short. Don’t give too many details or reasons because people are wanting to peg you as a snob or someone who is stupidly wasting their money.

[Anonymous]

Zero kids have blue hair at either of my kids private schools--not allowed. Whitman has that and much more behavior that deviates from bourgoise values.

[Anonymous]

Don’t forget the nose rings, gang members, bras that are considered “tops”, and the occasional kid who is encouraged to dress up and behave like an animal in order to express themselves. Absolutely ridiculous what public schools look like these days. Looks like the cantina scene in Star Wars.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don’t forget the nose rings, gang members, bras that are considered “tops”, and the occasional kid who is encouraged to dress up and behave like an animal in order to express themselves. Absolutely ridiculous what public schools look like these days. Looks like the cantina scene in Star Wars.

Haha best DCUM comment ever! This is why I come here.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We often get a "why did you send your kids to Private School?" from our public school friends. I think it's a combination of curiosity and FOMO. We just have to be careful about not saying we like this better and that better at the privates as we don't want to hurt feelings. Honestly, everything is better at the private school: the families, the teachers, the kids, the sports, the facilities, the food, you name it... We hide our enthusiasm though.[/quote]

Yes exactly. People are so competitive here, and DMV people generally lack social skills - so many parents can’t help but directly ask why private. When I get asked this, I think they already know the answer: because we want to and somehow can manage to pay for it. Isn’t that the answer for everything in life you have to buy? [/quote]

Always a funny comment.

You are “DMV people.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone who admits to being jealous about all sorts of money things from travel to car to home renovations I can 1000 percent say private does not make the list. I have also found the teachers are better on balance in public, esp after learning a very average classmate of mine got a job teaching at sidwell with no prior experience. (Years ago) No doubt smaller class sizes, personal attention/coddling and better facilities come with private, and there’s the occasional bad teacher in public. I’m just one of those people who has different values including socioeconomic diversity, and feels my public is more than good enough to educated kids. And I’m not alone judging by all the Uber educated and wealthy families in our local public.

All the Uber educated and wealthy families at your local public? Thanks for the laugh.

Reminds me of the joke about the person being given a tour of heaven who asked about the big curtained off area. St Peter replied “Those are the Southern Baptists. They don’t know that the rest of you are here.”

We’re a 2 PhD family of researchers with a fair amount of national accolades in our fields. We still have happy hours with parents from our public, including the current president of a large national, frequently in the news national scientific association, a frequent CNN contributor who has been running a DC think tank since he stopped teaching at Harvard, a senior state department official, a senior IC person, and a much cited national journalist.

I’m sure the parents of private school kids are lovely, and I would never presume to make blanket statements about them.

Sounds like a small gathering of parents at our private. Amazing number of CEOs, prominent scholars, national news channel anchors and leading lawyers.

I am "just" a lawyer. Could you explain how one qualifies as a "leading lawyer" to an uninformed layperson like yourself?

[Anonymous]

Sounds like the lawyers they know are better than you?

[Anonymous]

I lived in the Wootton cluster for 13 years and sent my son to private school. Nobody was jealous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Zero kids have blue hair at either of my kids private schools--not allowed. Whitman has that and much more behavior that deviates from bourgoise values.

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There are several elite DC privates that have no problem with blue hair. Such a strange example.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone who admits to being jealous about all sorts of money things from travel to car to home renovations I can 1000 percent say private does not make the list. I have also found the teachers are better on balance in public, esp after learning a very average classmate of mine got a job teaching at sidwell with no prior experience. (Years ago) No doubt smaller class sizes, personal attention/coddling and better facilities come with private, and there’s the occasional bad teacher in public. I’m just one of those people who has different values including socioeconomic diversity, and feels my public is more than good enough to educated kids. And I’m not alone judging by all the Uber educated and wealthy families in our local public.

All the Uber educated and wealthy families at your local public? Thanks for the laugh.

Reminds me of the joke about the person being given a tour of heaven who asked about the big curtained off area. St Peter replied “Those are the Southern Baptists. They don’t know that the rest of you are here.”

We’re a 2 PhD family of researchers with a fair amount of national accolades in our fields. We still have happy hours with parents from our public, including the current president of a large national, frequently in the news national scientific association, a frequent CNN contributor who has been running a DC think tank since he stopped teaching at Harvard, a senior state department official, a senior IC person, and a much cited national journalist.

I’m sure the parents of private school kids are lovely, and I would never presume to make blanket statements about them.

Sounds like a small gathering of parents at our private. Amazing number of CEOs, prominent scholars, national news channel anchors and leading lawyers.

I am "just" a lawyer. Could you explain how one qualifies as a "leading lawyer" to an uninformed layperson like yourself?

Managing partner at Williams and Connelly, head of DC office of major firms, Cravath, Sullivan, Latham or K/E partner pulling $7 - 10 million per year. People who win multi-billion awards at the S.CT, GC’s at some of the largest multinationals on the planet. Those types. You must not be a good lawyer, asking a question you clearly don’t know the answer to.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Zero kids have blue hair at either of my kids private schools--not allowed. Whitman has that and much more behavior that deviates from bourgoise values.

u

There are several elite DC privates that have no problem with blue hair. Such a strange example.

Not where my kids go to school. You must wear school uniform, be respectful to staff etc.

Are kids perfect, no way...but I have the money so it's an easy choice.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone who admits to being jealous about all sorts of money things from travel to car to home renovations I can 1000 percent say private does not make the list. I have also found the teachers are better on balance in public, esp after learning a very average classmate of mine got a job teaching at sidwell with no prior experience. (Years ago) No doubt smaller class sizes, personal attention/coddling and better facilities come with private, and there’s the occasional bad teacher in public. I’m just one of those people who has different values including socioeconomic diversity, and feels my public is more than good enough to educated kids. And I’m not alone judging by all the Uber educated and wealthy families in our local public.

All the Uber educated and wealthy families at your local public? Thanks for the laugh.

Reminds me of the joke about the person being given a tour of heaven who asked about the big curtained off area. St Peter replied “Those are the Southern Baptists. They don’t know that the rest of you are here.”

We’re a 2 PhD family of researchers with a fair amount of national accolades in our fields. We still have happy hours with parents from our public, including the current president of a large national, frequently in the news national scientific association, a frequent CNN contributor who has been running a DC think tank since he stopped teaching at Harvard, a senior state department official, a senior IC person, and a much cited national journalist.

I’m sure the parents of private school kids are lovely, and I would never presume to make blanket statements about them.

Sounds like a small gathering of parents at our private. Amazing number of CEOs, prominent scholars, national news channel anchors and leading lawyers.

I am "just" a lawyer. Could you explain how one qualifies as a "leading lawyer" to an uninformed layperson like yourself?

Equity partners at DC law firms making 3 million + would qualify for that designation.