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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know how your kid mingling with some of the [b]dregs of society[/b] helps "build character" or whatever DCPS parents try to spin. DCPS parents bend over backwards to rationalize their choice but if they had the dough we all know their kids would be in privates. If you have the means there is no more fulfilling way to spend your money than a quality private education.[/quote]

Dregs of society? Looks like you could do with some character-building yourself.

PS. Don't come back here crying when your kid's rich private school classmate sells him coke. [/quote]

Ok so dregs of society was a bit harsh, but the poster overall makes a valid point. I've seen the public school kids and their parents in our neighborhood. They lack manners and aren't very intellectual. Some even have the means to afford private, but prefer to spend money on their cars, clothes, or home. Education is not priority for these people. If you have to ask what's the difference, I'm sorry you're too obtuse to see it with your own eyes. [/quote]

Please stop speaking on behalf of private school parents.  [/quote]

+1. Private school has too many idiots like this. And by "too many" I man that even one parent like this is enough to induce barfing.

***** SHORT ESSAY ON PUBLIC VS PRIVATE PARENTS ********

My kids have been in private and public schools. Fortunately the number of parents at private schools who are like the snobs above is very small. Plus, nothing says "insecure arriviste" like trash talking other peoples' kids.

At private you do get lots of gimlet-eyed social climbers who gunning to get their kids into the next MS or HS or Ivy. The mom of the class bully, in her pursuit of a big 3, actually trash-talked other kids, including mine, to the AD (the AD laughed when she told me).

You also get gimlet-eyed parents at publics--those are the ones who want their kids to get into the next MS or HS magnet. The only real difference is that the magnets are by merit only, so instead of sucking up to the principal, the public gunners are trying to figure out who is applying, how your kid did on the entry test and who they're asking for teacher recs.[/quote]

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