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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] It will never  NOT be amusing to me watching people who sent their precious cargo to schools like connelly schoolboy the holy child,  tuition: $32,000+ ,or Georgetown day, tuition: $38,000+ , only to have said kids ending up at colleges where 80%+ of the student body is amdd of kids who hail from public schools .

As if that wasn't enough, a good number of them —especially the women—end up with 'Mrs jobs': digital content creator,  social media director etc . Jobs that scream " I'm waiting for some trust fund kid or some financially promising bro to come save me so I can be his glorified cheerleader " . Fellow private school flame outs need not apply.

Ultimately,  people have the right to spend their money as they see fit . But men!! Few things have as lousy a return on investment as private schools. [/quote]

most people sending their kids to private school aren't looking at it as an ROI.  it's more analogous to a high-end car.  first, there are plenty that make lots of $$$ so the money isn't that much to them or the grandparents are paying. second, you are assuming it's about doing better in college admissions - for most, it's not that - but about the school experience.[/quote]

Exactly this.  It is not necessarily about the college admission, test scores but the [b]well rounded experience[/b].[/quote]

Yes, I am not a proponent of private schools.  (They should not be taxpayer supported in any way.)  But for those who can afford the true cost of it, even I can see that it is not about a tangible ROI but about the experience.  I wouldn't call it truly "well-rounded" because it takes kids and puts them in exclusive enclaves, but it certainly is a well-rounded academic experience (most private schools have excellent language arts curricula and some privates have incredibly challenging math and science curricula).  So, while some parents' motives are to network with the right type of people as their ROI, there is definitely a more well-rounded academic experience in a majority of top-tier private schools.

That said, parents can certainly provide well-rounded experiences for kids in public schools.  It just takes more in-home supplementation and more extra-curricular legwork.  But in the end, I believe the public school kids have a more realistic picture of the world than some private school kids.  That is an invaluable ROI for future leaders who want to be problem solvers rather than just opportunity hoarders.[/quote]

Is this satire? Do you understand how current public schools even work? You genuinely believe that in this world of "[b]good school districts[/b]" and housing-based education outcomes, you can write the that nonsense with a straight face? [/quote]

Totally understand that our public schools are silos based on housing, but not as much as private schools.  Surely, you can't argue that privates are more diverse than publics!  That would be the height of disingenuous creativity![/quote]

As a rule, no, private schools are not as diverse as public schools. But when you are comparing a top private school with a top public school, it isn't always so clear-cut. I think it is truly hard to argue that public school kids from the "good school districts" aren't similar opportunity hoarders (and possibly maybe more, because of the housing-based aspect -- look at the horror show that is any boundary debate). [/quote]

+1. Also, many top private schools are at least more ethnically or racially diverse than top public schools. [/quote]

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