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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not actually the case that DC in private is a simpleton, so your snark is unnecessary, however good it might have made you feel.  But one DC definitely tended to blend into the back row in big classes, rather than speak out. It was obvious quickly. And that DC also had the misfortune if having a teacher in second grade who had a lot of personal issues and didn't have the a energy to teach well that year (she ended up leaving the school). So one DC actually got dealt a worse hand in public school compared to the other DC.  (Bad teachers can show up everywhere we have learned - it's not a public or private school issue). After smaller classes in private for a few years, DC is much more confident and outspoken academically.  [/quote]
Fair enough that my response was snarky.  I just see your comment though as uninformed and clearly slanted to puff up public schools.  You have limited experience with just one child in one private school, so I don't see you as qualified to compare them across the board.  It sounds like your particular child's tendency to be a back-bencher who needs hand-holding is what pushed you to send that particular child to his private school.  And I'm glad it's working for him.  But that doesn't mean that every child at private school is like that.  [/quote]

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