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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The king of STEM around here is TJ - public and test-in.  Judging by the number of Intel semi finalists and finalists, no other school comes close.  Not sure why STEM is being discussed on the private school forum.  [b]For STEM, public schools rule.  We all know private school is for producing well rounded, liberal artsy types.
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No.  Not a fad.  [/quote]

Do you think it's because private schools can be afforded by families with money? So the students who are more likely to go into STEM fields as a way to try climb the SES ladder with well paid STEM jobs come from working or lower SES backgrounds (eg, immigrants) and go to free public school?

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No.  [b]Families with money are sophisticated enough to know that big money nowadays comes from technology fields.  Look at all the high tech billionaires.
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I think many stay away from STEM b/c they just aren't good at math or science.  Can't get into schools like TJ, Stuy, Bronx Science.

I'm not familiar with people who go to TJ but in NYC many private school kids with an interest in STEM try to get in to Stuy, etc and take the entrance exam.   Most don't get in.[/quote]

True. But are families with money all that concerned with their kids making tech money by creating those companies? Aren't they pretty much satisfied with their kids going to Ivies and then managing the companies creating by the geeky tech kids? [/quote]

Families with money want their kids to go to Ivies like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg.... Who by the way are both from well-to-do families and went to private schools.  [/quote]

Kudos to Zuckerberg but he isn't really in the same league as Gates. Just as Jobs and Wozniak. Gates and Woz are the brains behind the technical aspects of their companies. Zuckerberg and Jobs are (were) the brains behind the marketing and management of their companies.[/quote]

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