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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hear private school parents say things like this all the time, but what makes you think that plenty of public school kids aren't receiving pleasant educations as well?  Do you really think they're all attending schools rife with gangs with kids shooting up in the bathrooms?  My kids go to a good, (but not even one of the highest regarded) public schools in NOVA, and they are most definitely having a pleasant experience.  There is a full selection of AP courses available to them, tons of choices for sports, activities, and clubs.  Opportunities to travel to Europe with some of these groups, and the benefit of being with neighborhood friends.  They are making great grades and have endless choices of extracurriculars provided directly from the school. What's not pleasant about that?  [/quote]

Having a kid at one of the big 3 and two kids at Mclean HS, here is my 2c:

#1:  Big 3 is by invitation only whereas if you live in Mclean, you automatically attend Mclean HS, unless you choose IB or get accepted into TJ,
#2:  Big 3 classes are much smaller with 7:1 student:teacher ratio.  At Mclean, it is 35:1 student:teacher ratio
#3:  Overcrowding at Mclean HS with trailers everywhere.  It is hard to learn in an environment like that,
#4:  Teaching at big 3 really prepares the kid for college.  Not so at public schools, for the most part

I do not send my kid to big 3 for college admissions.  On the contrary, my kid attended the big 3 ended up at VCU while the siblings attended Princeton and Cornell.  As long as they learn and have passions for what they do, it is fine by me.  [b]Btw, my VCU kid is now a EVP at a consulting company and my Ivy league graduated kids are working for the VCU kid[/b].  [/quote]

For real?  That seems kind of bizarre, and like it would violate anti-nepotism rules.[/quote]

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