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[quote=Anonymous]I have had kids in public and private schools. The parent groups seemed similarly competitive, but acted this out in different ways. The private K-6 school was where I saw a mom go the administration to complain about two innocent kids that she probably saw as rivals for her own (bully) DD for the Big-3 slot next year (apparently, the school administrator laughed to other parents about the mom's chutzpah). There's less reason for this sort of idiocy in public schools, because the magnets are by testing in. There is, however, definitely scope for bullying the public school teacher into letting your kid into advanced math in order to increase DC's chances for the magnet.

The conspicuous, attention-getting purchases at the school auction don't happen at the public schools, if there even is an auction.

In the public schools, the competitive parents are the ones lobbying the teachers to put DC into higher reading groups. In public schools, the competitive parents are also the ones trying to figure out whether your kids are applying to magnets against their kids, and badgering your kids for their SAT scores and where they're applying to college.[/quote]

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