Are private schools really that special or just overpriced?

[Anonymous]

I tend to think that some parents are a bit snob, and tend to think that under no circumstances there is a chance that public schools can provide a good education to their kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I tend to think that some parents are a bit snob, and tend to think that under no circumstances there is a chance that public schools can provide a good education to their kids.

In general, how do you think the tight budget of a public school can match the virtually limitless resources at an elite private school that recruits the best teachers and the most talented students to create a carefully planned and deliberate classroom experience?

Common sense says that these two things are not equal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I tend to think that some parents are a bit snob, and tend to think that under no circumstances there is a chance that public schools can provide a good education to their kids.

In my experience, most parents who send their kids to private school don’t spend a whole lot of time and energy thinking about public schools that their kids don’t attend. DCUM message boards are not real life.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I tend to think that some parents are a bit snob, and tend to think that under no circumstances there is a chance that public schools can provide a good education to their kids.

In my experience, most parents who send their kids to private school don’t spend a whole lot of time and energy thinking about public schools that their kids don’t attend. DCUM message boards are not real life.

We never would have considered public school for our kids and I have no interest in learning about them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I tend to think that some parents are a bit snob, and tend to think that under no circumstances there is a chance that public schools can provide a good education to their kids.

In general, how do you think the tight budget of a public school can match the virtually limitless resources at an elite private school that recruits the best teachers and the most talented students to create a carefully planned and deliberate classroom experience?

Common sense says that these two things are not equal.

The only problem is that I have not seen the situation you are describing in a couple of schools with tuition of 50+k. Average teachers in average facilities. So then I am a bit puzzled with the pricing.

[Anonymous]

I think that the decision can be a complicated one. We are products of public schools in NY state and all of our nieces and nephews go to public schools in New England states. We had very good experiences in public schools and our siblings are having good experiences in public schools with their kids. If we lived in New England with its town-based public school system, we would probably send our kids to public schools. We tried MCPS with our oldest in elementary and just didn't like it for our family, even in what is considered a strong cluster. So, we switched to private school. It has given us a similar experience to the small public schools in New England that we are used to. We can afford to pay for it, so we don't spend much time thinking about the system that we left. It just wasn't our style or what we were looking for. Private school is easier than staying in public and trying to make it what we wanted. If we didn't have the money, we would have moved back to New England and used the public school there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I tend to think that some parents are a bit snob, and tend to think that under no circumstances there is a chance that public schools can provide a good education to their kids.

In my experience, most parents who send their kids to private school don’t spend a whole lot of time and energy thinking about public schools that their kids don’t attend. DCUM message boards are not real life.

But somehow they get offended when someone says that private schools are a bit overpriced. At Least they don’t want someone to write that comment.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I tend to think that some parents are a bit snob, and tend to think that under no circumstances there is a chance that public schools can provide a good education to their kids.

In my experience, most parents who send their kids to private school don’t spend a whole lot of time and energy thinking about public schools that their kids don’t attend. DCUM message boards are not real life.

We never would have considered public school for our kids and I have no interest in learning about them.

Of course, they are for a different social class.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I tend to think that some parents are a bit snob, and tend to think that under no circumstances there is a chance that public schools can provide a good education to their kids.

In general, how do you think the tight budget of a public school can match the virtually limitless resources at an elite private school that recruits the best teachers and the most talented students to create a carefully planned and deliberate classroom experience?

Common sense says that these two things are not equal.

The only problem is that I have not seen the situation you are describing in a couple of schools with tuition of 50+k. Average teachers in average facilities. So then I am a bit puzzled with the pricing.

Nothing to be puzzled about. If the market bears the prices they’re charging, clearly others have opinions that differ from yours. It’s that simple.

I drive a 10 year old car but I’m not puzzled about the driver who whizzes past me in a Porsche. Not my cup of tea or where I want to spend my money, but it’s not puzzling to me that there are people who don’t share my views and happily spend $100k+ for a car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think that the decision can be a complicated one. We are products of public schools in NY state and all of our nieces and nephews go to public schools in New England states. We had very good experiences in public schools and our siblings are having good experiences in public schools with their kids. If we lived in New England with its town-based public school system, we would probably send our kids to public schools. We tried MCPS with our oldest in elementary and just didn't like it for our family, even in what is considered a strong cluster. So, we switched to private school. It has given us a similar experience to the small public schools in New England that we are used to. We can afford to pay for it, so we don't spend much time thinking about the system that we left. It just wasn't our style or what we were looking for. Private school is easier than staying in public and trying to make it what we wanted. If we didn't have the money, we would have moved back to New England and used the public school there.

That makes sense. Strange that public schools are so weak in the dc area where property tax collection is high. Someone is “eating” the quality of public schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I tend to think that some parents are a bit snob, and tend to think that under no circumstances there is a chance that public schools can provide a good education to their kids.

In my experience, most parents who send their kids to private school don’t spend a whole lot of time and energy thinking about public schools that their kids don’t attend. DCUM message boards are not real life.

But somehow they get offended when someone says that private schools are a bit overpriced. At Least they don’t want someone to write that comment.

The “they” you’re referring to are a couple posters on an anonymous internet message board. You can’t really be surprised that you’re not going to get nuanced and productive responses from everyone on here. Using this message board as a proxy for every “they” who sends their kid to private school is a bit much though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I tend to think that some parents are a bit snob, and tend to think that under no circumstances there is a chance that public schools can provide a good education to their kids.

In general, how do you think the tight budget of a public school can match the virtually limitless resources at an elite private school that recruits the best teachers and the most talented students to create a carefully planned and deliberate classroom experience?

Common sense says that these two things are not equal.

The only problem is that I have not seen the situation you are describing in a couple of schools with tuition of 50+k. Average teachers in average facilities. So then I am a bit puzzled with the pricing.

Nothing to be puzzled about. If the market bears the prices they’re charging, clearly others have opinions that differ from yours. It’s that simple.

I drive a 10 year old car but I’m not puzzled about the driver who whizzes past me in a Porsche. Not my cup of tea or where I want to spend my money, but it’s not puzzling to me that there are people who don’t share my views and happily spend $100k+ for a car.

It is puzzling because with engaged parents it’s much harder to have mediocre education. Maybe the parents are more concerned with their jobs that engaging in the education of their kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I tend to think that some parents are a bit snob, and tend to think that under no circumstances there is a chance that public schools can provide a good education to their kids.

In my experience, most parents who send their kids to private school don’t spend a whole lot of time and energy thinking about public schools that their kids don’t attend. DCUM message boards are not real life.

But somehow they get offended when someone says that private schools are a bit overpriced. At Least they don’t want someone to write that comment.

The “they” you’re referring to are a couple posters on an anonymous internet message board. You can’t really be surprised that you’re not going to get nuanced and productive responses from everyone on here. Using this message board as a proxy for every “they” who sends their kid to private school is a bit much though.

Not really. Just the minority of posters are balanced. Most are saying that this should not be posted.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I tend to think that some parents are a bit snob, and tend to think that under no circumstances there is a chance that public schools can provide a good education to their kids.

In general, how do you think the tight budget of a public school can match the virtually limitless resources at an elite private school that recruits the best teachers and the most talented students to create a carefully planned and deliberate classroom experience?

Common sense says that these two things are not equal.

The only problem is that I have not seen the situation you are describing in a couple of schools with tuition of 50+k. Average teachers in average facilities. So then I am a bit puzzled with the pricing.

Nothing to be puzzled about. If the market bears the prices they’re charging, clearly others have opinions that differ from yours. It’s that simple.

I drive a 10 year old car but I’m not puzzled about the driver who whizzes past me in a Porsche. Not my cup of tea or where I want to spend my money, but it’s not puzzling to me that there are people who don’t share my views and happily spend $100k+ for a car.

It is puzzling because with engaged parents it’s much harder to have mediocre education. Maybe the parents are more concerned with their jobs that engaging in the education of their kids.

Or maybe they don’t share your view that the education is mediocre.

[Anonymous]

Wayyyyy OVERPRICED