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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do I really think? Your private school kid couldn't cut it in the competitive atmosphere of public school.

Like the PP said, her son was not competitive enough to get into advanced classes so she sent him to private school.

Nothing wrong with that per se, of course at some point in his life he will probably be competing against all these smart public school kids and it may come as a bit of a shock when his mom and dad can't "pull him out" of those situations as well.[/quote]

Really? Every private school kid couldn't cut it in the public school world? :roll: [/quote]

Of course not. Lots of bright super smart kids go to private school. But they round out the school with mediocre students whose parents can afford full tuition. I get it that a B student in public school may be an A  student with lots of help, and that's appealing to a lot of parents. But don't kid yourself that your barely A student at private can compete with the AP/magnet students in public.

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Seriously?  I went to private and public schools and I can assure you that A students in public typically weren't A students in private.  In fact, my friends and I always joked that whenever a public school kid told us their GPA, we'd subtract .6 to get their GPA at our school..[/quote]

Wait, what? Are you sure this isn't your fake "16-year-old DD" allegedly making stupid comments again? You sound like that particular troll. Viz, maybe you switched between schools in back in East Podunk Town 30 years ago (that is, if you're not the troll).  Still, you have no idea how the rest of your classmates would have faired in different schools, especially in comparisons between elite privates and magnets.

Funny this. I too went to private and public schools, and so have both my kids. The public school had all the national merit semifinalists and the professors' kids, and the private school had all the ... wait for it... so-so kids of divorced parents. I can't explain that. Although there were some smart kids at the private school too. Guess what: there are great and not-so-great kids in both public and private schools.[/quote]

What's wrong with kids of divorced parents?  That's pretty elitist..[/quote]

Where did I imply there's anything wrong with kids of divorced parents? That's being over-sensitive. In fact, I hadn't noticed it myself until my BFF pointed out that I was the only kid in the class with both parents at home. Just an observation, you put whatever spin you want on it.[/quote]

You said "the public school had professors kids and the private school had so-so kids of divorced parents."

Nice.[/quote]

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