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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The narrative that private school kids are coddled is ridiculous.[/quote]

My neighbor has a private school kid. That kid has had more tutors for sports and academics than anyone I know. He is on a travel team and gets trained outside of it 2-3x a week. They hired someone to help him with 9-grade admissions. They've poured thousands in him outside of school costs to get him where he is. That is coddling. [/quote]

This. I can believe that in many private schools, the instruction and expectations are rigorous. But the amount of hand-holding is immense (especially if something goes wrong.) I know of two families whose boys were indeed coddled extensively to get them to graduate and into college. [/quote]

We are in k-8 and the coddling is extensive.  1/2 class gets outside tutoring in some way throughout the year. This is not an exaggeration. I suspect it is the reason families chose the k-8 because kids needed something extra. Mine does not but it does affect the class & the learning. To comment on the comment about gender, our private is known for it's large lgbtqxyz and beyond. Another reason I believe parents send kids there.  All this is to say, the publics may doing better overall with college admissions but the privates are here to serve kids in a different way perhaps public cannot.  And college acceptance most likely does not have to do with it. With that said, it's also important to note, most of these kids couldn't hang in a public in a way that a mainstream kid could. And our k-8 is not a special needs school, it is a progressive & welcoming school that people who want some extra cushion or let's say coddling for their kid. And who can blame them. It's a harsh world out there.[/quote]

“The publics may doing better overall with college admissions.”

Walls may be doing better than some privates, but it’s certainly not doing better than Sidwell, WIS, Holton, or GDS.  Do your research before simply regurgitating what you’ve read here on DCUM.

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