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[quote=Anonymous]My kids go to a private school in a very wealthy area. As they get older, I realize that I'm not paying for superior teachers or education.  As an example, my DD fell quite a few percent on a standardized test from the beginning of the school year to the end.  So we bring out the tutors/special classes to bring them up just as all of my friends would do. Our school has very high test scores but people would be deluding themselves if they think the school is the cause of the high test scores. It is correlation(population who values education versus this great machine of teachers who imparts wisdom on the kids).

So why do it?  Peers have a large influence on children ( actually I think for all people).  I want my daughter surrounded by like minded families.  Yes,   there are also the showy snobs but we would never be accepted in those circles anyway.  These kids are more likely to flame out.  So the kids remaining are more likely than her peers at public to come from families that value education.  In public, she could find those peers but she could have just as easily found friends who don't value education.  So I think the advantage that I give my daughter is that I increase the probability that she will be successful by putting her in a group that has a higher percentage of high achieving kids from where she can select her friends.  I don't care about race, I am looking to buy into a culture of achievement.[/quote]

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