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[quote=Anonymous]I had one in private and one in public.  Each kid was where they needed to be at the time.  My private kid is in a top engineering program and doesn't understand why people think engineering is hard.  HS taught her to be comfortable with her teachers, comfortable seeking them out and asking questions, she knows how to organize her thoughts so she cam make the most of office hours, she learned the importance of "optional" test corrections and the value of ungraded homework.  She learned how to look at problems from different perspectives and is comfortable asking for help when she gets stuck.  Learning is fun for her.  She was well prepared for college.

My public school kid is sailing through with no effort.  He is not challenged academically.  College is going to be a rude awakening for him.  Now you're wondering why I don't put him in private then---he has a strong IEP and it's been wonderful.  Next year he'll be a Sr and finally he's at a place where he doesn't need the IEP; the extra support has helped him and he has learned from it.  However, I'm not moving a rising Sr to private.

For each kid, what college they ended up at was not part of the question.  The question every year was: what is the best educational placement for this kid for this school year.[/quote]

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