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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's more to life than letter grades. My kid has learned a lot more about how to be a good student in private school than he ever did in public school. Showing up, handing in decent (not outstanding) work, and behaving himself should not earn him As but that's all it took in public school. My DS has a 3.2ish UW GPA in private school and he will be very well prepared for college wherever he goes. [/quote]

Sounds like you are trying to justify money spent. That is not my experience in publics with my child.  Going to T25 next year…[/quote]

It varies drastically by public.  My kid also came out of public and never had to lift a finger for high As (as in 99% in most classes) in public middle school.  he is working really hard at a Big3 private high school.  His friends who continued on to our public for high school are doing nothing.  i was talking to one today and she was laughing about how she has yet to read anything for English class (as in not a page) and yet got an A for the fall semester.  This is definitely not the norm in all publics but it's very much a reality in some.  [/quote]

Then he will likely go to the same college as the kid with similar stats in public.  If he was great at private then he will get into the same schools as those great from publics :). Sounds like I hear a bit of justification in your voice…[/quote]

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