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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While we are on the topic of social class and educational institutions, communal values, and social mobility:

Let's say you know an L family or a lower-rung G family who value education. Financially, there are some constraints on their choices, and culturally they are not "elite" G or E. They can't decide if they should send their child to an independent school or move into a well-regarded public school. They have money for tuition or better real estate, but not both choices.

Absent any other factor (such as nickles-and-dimes cost comparison), what do you tell them to do? Why?

DH and I debate this question off and on, focusing a lot on "fitting in"/inclusion as well as the value of learning social rules outside of the ones your family knows.

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Public schools are fine. I believe you go to private school for specific reasons. Some people send their kids to private school "just because" or some other fairly nebulous reason as "better education", or "better networking". No, I think it has to be something specific. Otherwise a good public school pyramid is perfectly fine.

Fitting in is important - we are social animals and as such inherently associate with people who are like us rather than those who don't fit in. Of course I would not go overboard with the fitting in, to the point of judging yourself by what others think of you. There has to be some balance. Confidence is foolish if you don't balance it with some outside input. [/quote]

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