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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You seem to be assuming that, if money were no object, everyone would choose private. But that’s not true. My family—which like yours could have afforded private with a little pain—never considered it. We believe in public schools and wanted that experience for our kids. Our kids go to JR with plenty of kids wealthier than we are, so clearly we aren’t alone in not valuing private school or seeing it as inherently better.[/quote]

+1. We could afford private but we choose public. I was a B/C student in public high school and went to a good college but not Ivy. I was also a pretty mediocre student in college because I didn’t care much for academia. However, I am a very persistent and driven person when I know what I want, and am in the top 1% of my field now. My DH in top of his field too and didn’t need to go to college to be successful at what he does, so we are of the mindset that school doesn’t give you the leg up if you don’t have innate talent (my DH) or drive (me).[/quote]

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