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[quote=Anonymous]I hate the notion that parents insult their kids as a justification as to why they chose private school.  My kids are very smart, they have no social problems, and they'd thrive as well anywhere as well as the next kid.  They don't need extra care, and my basis for choosing private isn't that they are super special snowflakes.  I'm not going to self-deprecate (really, kid-deprecate) in explaining my choice.  My kids are at a top private lower school.  They track into top schools for middle and high school.  I've known students, teachers and parents from these schools my whole life and am happy with my choice.  The parents in my area have very mixed views on our local public elementary, and it gets worse for high school.  I'm not willing to take that risk.  A number of the same moms who were pretty critical about our initially choosing private are now asking me for assistance in transferring their kids to our kids school.  I'm sure it happens in some cases in the other direction as well, and we'd re-visit the public option of the private wasn't meetings our needs well.  But I'm certainly not going to insult my kids in describing my choice![/quote]

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