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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know people who are deemed as highly intelligent  who buy Teslas, but their kids go to very crappy schools.

I don’t know what they’re thinking. Maybe that education is not important, maybe they think academics are not that important and they are teaching kids the necessary skills themselves. Who knows.

[b]In our private school many kids go to the same state schools as the public school kids.[/b][/quote]

Aren't you sort of contradicting yourself here? Why does it matter if a kid goes to private school if he or she will just end up at VT, JM, or College Park anyway?[/quote]

Because it’s not about the college, at least for me. I want to provide a thriving environment for my kid for 12 years that are formative development years.

My colleague drives a Tesla while his kids experience  fights with hair pulling, smashing bodies into walls and floors, regular lockdowns for gun threats, low academic standards, prevalent drugs, etc.

I drive a Honda, but my kid is in a calm learning environment with high academic standards, teachers who work in making learning joyful, kids that are
motivated to succeed.[/quote]
Sorry, that does not make you a better parent

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I would disagree.  Parents willing to sacrifice to provide their kids better experiences are indeed better parents.[/quote]

Sure, but (a) driving a Honda instead of a Tesla is not a meaningful sacrifice and (b) it's not necessarily true that private school is a better experience for all kids than public school. And (c) even if it is, if public school is also a good experience, who cares if there's a slightly better one available? Finally, (d) the price of these top private schools is impossibly out of reach for most parents around here no matter how much they try to sacrifice. Does that make them bad parents, by your logic?[/quote]

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