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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nothing.  I don't have any extra money.[/quote]

Same here. Single parent teacher and I am glad I can pay his HS tuition out of pocket. [/quote]

Wow, you're fancy!  My DD goes to public school.[/quote]

Wait PP. You're not saving for college but you're shelling out for private HS? Hope it's worth it! [/quote]

It is. I teach in public schools and don’t like what I see. Students rule the roost, inflated grades, no homework required, absences don’t matter, sleeping in class, play on your cell phones all you want during class, etc. No thanks. [/quote]

What school do you teach in?  My DS is FCPS and he has 2-3 hours of homework a night.  He hates being sick b/c if he misses a day, it's a real pain to try and catch up with learning new material, taking a test, etc. The teachers don't go over the missed material unless you come to them after school (which is how it should be).  A few of the classes are easy to get good grades in, but in a couple of them, he is one of the top scorers, and he still barely has an A - jumps b/w A and A- all the time.  If a phone is even seen in class, it's immediately taken away and they don't get it back until the end of the day and at the main office.  Sure, there are some terrible teachers, and issues like overcrowding, but overall, I'm pretty happy with the education.  And yes, I went to private school.  We decided to save our money for college instead of paying for private school.

Now, I will guess you are not in a great school district, so you're trade off is to pay for private over buying in a better school district.  I get that - it's expensive around here.  But you really can get a great education in a lot of the public schools around here and don't need to waste money on private.  For a lot of people, their money is better spent on saving for college.[/quote]

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