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Are private schools really that special or just overpriced?
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Anonymous
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For a religious education, to gain favor in an established religious network, to avoid certain races, because they are rich and buy the marketing, because their child is painfully shy and needs tiny class sizes, because their child has some other disability they feel is better met outside public schooling, because they think it will gain them access to better colleges and hence a better career, for bragging rights, to avoid their child being taught certain subjects, and/or to get closer to existing friends who are already established in a private school etc
plenty of reasons why people do it. it is incredibly expensive though yes |
Anonymous
Again with the mischaracterizations. Everything is so binary/extreme in your warped mind. |
Anonymous
| Having worked at different kinds, most are worth the money. Some are small paid for public schools. There is usually a really nice perk to every private school though. |
Anonymous
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I have one kid in public and one in private. I think for most kids, private is not worth it unless you're rich enough that you don't really notice the money.
But there are some kids, including my oldest, for whom small class sizes are the difference between thriving in a rigorous curriculum and failing all their classes. We found this out the hard way in middle school. Switched school from a competitive public to a good (but not Sidwell/Cathedral level of rigor) private. We were able to switch mid-year so the classes she was failing weren't yet part of her formal academic record, and she had excellent standardized test scores. We hoped that, in a better environment, she would return to her previous level of academic achievement, which had been high, and luckily we were correct. |
Anonymous
Sure. Parents here embrace an open discussion on private schools. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| You can't seem to accept the fact that the answer to "private or public" is it depends, judging from the fact that lots of families have one kid in private and another in public. |
Anonymous
Sure. Anyone who says public school is good are the troll. |
Anonymous
You can't seem to accept the fact that some people don't like to burn down public schools on threads like you like to do. |
Anonymous
Of course, because only private schools are good. |
Anonymous
Very predictable from private school parent |
Anonymous
I'm not the PP, but your attempt at a sarcasm falls flat. Like the PP, we spend more than this on vacation as well - that's not a justification. We simply can afford the tuition. I don't have to justify how I spend money that I can easily, and painlessly spend. Sorry if that offends your sense of moral superiority. You may "treat" yourselves to an expensive Starbucks coffee even though it's objectively not worth it, its okay. We choose to pay for private school because we find the educational experience beneficial and enriching for our kids. Same thing. |
Anonymous
Let them eat cake… |
Anonymous
| The level of vibe when you stroll on the campus is extraordinary for any private school. You just don't get that at public. We pay for the vibe and engulf ourselves in it regularly. |
Anonymous
Sure. I would feel the same way if I had to downgrade to a lower social class. |