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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fascinated again to see parents of kids that go to public schools hate on parents of kids that go to private. All kids will have a chance to succeed. Relax. But don't judge us for spending $ for a good K-12 experience along the way...[/quote]

It’s insecurity.

Of course kids can succeed in a lot of ways.

But to argue private school kids are:
- simply in need of hand holding
- set to do worse than public school kids in college admissions and job prospects

… just reeks of insecurity.

Generations of people would not pay high sums of money for schools that actively HARM college admissions and job prospects.

I’ve gone to public school in high SES areas and have gone to elite private schools. While it’s absolutely true that people can succeed in either path, an excellent private school has the resources that no public school has — outside of the very top magnet schools.

That has concrete benefits at all educational levels, if the school leverages the resources effectively.

Is that fair? No. But life isn’t fair.[/quote]

There is literally an entire economic theory demonstrating that price does not correlate to quality in some luxury goods. It’s called “conspicuous consumption.”

I don’t really care if it is fair or not - you are welcome to blow $1 mil if you have it. [/quote]

If you want to equate a top private school and conspicuous consumption (yeah, I graduated high school, so I know what that is too), that’s great. But it just shows you have no experience with what a top private school can actually provide. [/quote]

The question is does it provide $1 mil worth of value when there is no evidence that it will improve your child’s college admissions chances? [/quote]

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