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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, I get that you want to sound earnest, but you come across as smug and self-righteous.  These are attitudes I'd hope to avoid.  [/quote]
Referring to PP at 17:16.[/quote]

I disagree.  PP at 17:16, thank you for your thoughtful and detailed discussion.  I have many of the same thoughts/concerns.  My background is not nearly as illustrious; I've got a lot of Stanford baggage, but since I was raised in California, less of the East Coast knowledge of/concern with names/prestige.  Notwithstanding my parents Exeter/Stanford pedigree, I went to excellent public schools all the way through.  And I absolutely appreciate the exposure to different types, different backgrounds, ethnicities.  I had jobs (retail, restaurant), beginning as soon as I could - even now, 30 years later, I marvel at the people I met, the different realities I saw.  It still stuns me that kids these days for the most part don't work. (Other than unpaid internships).  That (early, menial) work experience is invaluable, in my opinion.  So, turn to now - we have our child at Brent - public on Capitol Hill - it has been phenomenal (currently in K).  But the writing is on the wall -our public middle school S.U.C.K.S.  So, not going to happen.  But I have great concerns (similar to yours) about private school.  We absolutely can easily afford it.  But, generally (I hold out hope for CHDS, which I hear is "different') don't want to, for many of the same reasons you have articulated.  Our child is young - we shall see!  But, ideally NOT private, if we can find a good public option.[/quote]

God, I hope this is a parody.[/quote]

Sadly I'm afraid not.  [/quote]

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