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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jeez, the way people talk on this thread makes it sound like no one can be successful coming from a public school. That simply is not true. Yes, public schools include those that are destined for non-college jobs, but they also include those that are destined for politics, law, medicine, etc.  [/quote]
At the rate public schools are deteriorating and the overcrowding in the remaining decent ones, it will become harder and harder for kids to be successful unless they and their parents are motivated and spend a ton of money on extracurriculars and or tutoring to get ahead. [/quote]

I may not be typical of the average DCUM poster to the independent schools forum, but one reason I am fighting so hard to pay tuition, at least for a while, is that I was a lower middle class student in a public school. The school was not terrible, but it was also true that students who did not stick out (one way or the other) would slide through the system. Only particular effort or focus by myself or a parent would have pushed against these tendency. I just want my child to be seen and nurtured and gently pushed as much as possible, without him having to be in trouble or exceptional in talent.

Every so often, someone points out that this is potentially a waste of money (maybe true). But then they say something like, "the good kids rise to the top everywhere," and I suspect immediately that I am doing the right thing. If your kid does well in the system, it is because of their virtues. If they do not, they are just the unwashed masses, there is nothing to see, and we can go on allowing most children to get an education less than the one they deserve.[/quote]

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