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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For what is worth, I have three kids who have been in 12 different schools from grade K through HS, split evenly between private and public, we have found that mean/bullying behavior is mainly a private school phenomenon.  We have seen it at every private school, not confined to one gender.  Of course public school kids can be mean too, but they aren't able to take over the culture of a grade, and they don't have the power that the mean kids have in a private school.  in public schools the kids police each other socially, in the same way that adults do in the real world.  But in private school certain kids will always have power due to connected/donor/alumni parents, and other kids trade off that power by becoming friends with the "right" group, and that creates a caste system throughout the grade. So if you are wondering which private school is more "mean" than another, you are asking the wrong question.  The better question is whether you are willing to risk your son/daughter being on the wrong side of that dynamic in exchange for the benefit(s) that you perceive of a private school. [/quote]

12 different schools!? HUH??[/quote]

Yes, three kids through elementary, middle school, and HS.  One has special needs so he changed schools more than usual.  
Let me guess - you’re a private school Mom?[/quote]

I bet anything that the PP is the same one saying public school kids get better college matriculations. A master troll.[/quote]

That’s not a useful response and is mean spirited.  I thought PP made reasonable observations based on her experience; so much better than the speculation and heresay you often see.[/quote]

I see the master troll is also a master sockpuppet.  Brilliant.[/quote]

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