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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What left you awestruck?[/quote]

The facility for starters. 
I just toured the lower campus for preschool through 8th. It had 2 gymnasiums, a pool, amazing art and music studios. All children take up an instrument. The science lab space is amazing, and  they are expanding to a new innovative stem center. There is crazy fabrication shop. All kids take Spanish and Mandarin. The library has fireplaces. 
It was magical
I toured Hogwarts.[/quote]

this is precisely why i didn't want my kids in the private school. it's a school, not a resort. they don't need any of those facilities. [/quote]

Fireplaces in the library, sure, that’s unnecessary. But you think they don’t need a science lab, gym, or spaces to learn art and music?[/quote]

OP specifically referred to the difference between public and private. 
a gym - sure. two gyms are not necessary. not all children should be taking up instruments (long story but as someone who played an instrument semi-seriously this is BS)
you don't need "new innovative stem center". American science education is way too much hands on. If you want to be better in physics you need more math, no more labs
etc etc
[b]I prefer school to have a bit of an ascetic vibe. [/b]school is not a place where "fun" should be the primary objective [/quote]

If you prefer that, great. I think most parents want their kids to get a well-rounded education in a way that sparks their interest. And I disagree with your characterization that if education is made interesting, that “fun is the primary objective”.[/quote]

[b]if education is any good it won't be all that fun or interesting[/b]. Americans don't understand that which is why their edu is so atrocious for the money spent.[/quote]

I truly feel sorry for you if you think that education or the acquisition of knowledge should not be interesting to the pupil. What country were you educated in?[/quote]

I was educated in a much poorer country and then came to the US and [b]kicked ass at Harvard[/b]. you can't buy knowledge and even if you could facilities are the last thing that needs investment. [/quote]

And yet you don’t feel that education is something that should interest the student? [/quote]

it's complicated. interest is something that is acquired not something that comes naturally. when you delve into a topic it will most likely interest you. but american style cutesy textbooks and hands on games that are supposed to spark interest are distractions that make it harder to dig deeper and develop actual interest.

also, most people/children are not smart enough to be truly interested in academic subjects. this is not a slight against them - most academic subjects are esoteric, abstract and way too complex for most people. america's system is way too focused on average and below average performers who will never really master academic knowledge. meanwhile the brightest students are sufficiently challenged especially in math. and yet the solution is always more money, more computer, more facilities, more crap.[/quote]

So your children attend public school? Private? [/quote]

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