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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Imagine you are out to dinner at a restaurant, and after dinner is over the other people at the table say they only want to pay half their bill, or they just get up and walk out before the bill comes.

These guests leave you and the remaining people to pay their portion of the bill.  They even ordered the most expensive items on the menu.

This is financial aid.[/quote]

Actually considering FA is agreed to before starting the school, your analogy isn't great. It's more like Friend 1 telling Friend 2 that they can't go out to eat because it's too expensive. Then Friend 2 says to not worry about, they'll help cover Friend 1's portion of the bill and they just want them there to add another perspective to the dinner. We have all stepped in to help friends in these situations because we value what they bring to the table. Financial aid is a school's way of understanding and valuing that a variety of lived experiences contribute to the overall health of the school environment. [/quote]

No.  The analogy is perfect because the people sitting at the table in the end have no say in any of this.  They are just stuck with the bill.[/quote]

NP here. I guess the bigger question here is why do private schools give out financial aid in the first place, when we are in an area of decent/ really good public school options? Is private school a luxury or a necessity? if it's the former,  people shouldn't get financial assistance to get access to luxuries. If it's the latter, how do you justify that private school is a necessity? You're basically saying that the public school system must be very deficient to justify the need. Just something to think about ...[/quote]

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