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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Other than price, why aren’t we all using the English governor/governess model, supplemented with private tutoring for specific math and science subjects? Reducing the student to teacher ratio to 1:1 (or 2:1, maybe a bit higher if you have 3 or more children) is clearly going to overcome nearly any advantage a school might otherwise offer, at least in terms of educational tailoring and outcomes for specific students.  Homeschooling can (emphasis on can) use the same reduction in student to teacher ratios to achieve desirable outcomes.  Worries about “socialization” are kind of silly—parents of means are going to make sure their kids are appropriately socialized.  So really, by focusing on public v private, folks are missing the true difference making opportunity.[/quote]

because if haven't figure it out, the modern education system is not about learning anything. It is an endless competitive tournament for your kids to compete for ever smaller slices of professional jobs eroded by by ever more sophisticated automation/software/AI, pushed by parents ever so desperate to hold on to the wealth created by past generations. Get with the program. [/quote]

There’s no program to get with.  Which kids start businesses?  Who does it more often - public school kids, private school kids, or very affluent kids taught to be entrepreneurs?  What skills do you want your children to have.  You may be thinking too small.[/quote]

Zuckerberg and Bezos are products of public schools. [/quote]

WTH are you talking about:  Zuck went to PEA!  Bezos did go to Miami Palmetto, but FL Science Scholar and NMS before Princeton.  He did work at McDs, too![/quote]

Zuckerberg did MOST of his schooling in Ardsley public schools and went to Exeter only for the last 2 years. He is a public school kid for all practical purposes.[/quote]

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