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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Complaining about not being able to afford private school tuition is like complaining about not being able to afford first class airfare on a plane.[/quote]Why?
Schooling is a necessity[/quote]

But private school is NOT a necessity. In this country we consider universal public education to be a social good and we provide it. Is it the best education available? Maybe not. But it is supposed to meet basic criteria. Like a bottom of the barrel car meets basic safety criteria.

Private school is a luxury. One that I wish to give to my child for a variety of reasons. The price is one reason why we decided to have only one child. With just one child, the tuition and aftercare are more than our mortgage. If you can't afford it on $200k+ income, rearrange your priorities and either don't send your kid to private, or make other sacrifices to make it work for you.[/quote]Does not every child deserve the best education?
My view is that the private school is there for all the kids that have succeeded in getting admitted. For those it is not a luxury.
Public school is not the best place for every child. Some of them do not offer even a decent education
Country club is a luxury[/quote]

TAG public schools are there to provide an excellent free education for all kids good enough to get in.  public schools serve an entirely different purpose.  We are not a socialist country and the rich have the right, in our country, to segregate themselves from the poor.  That is their right.  Also, it is the right of the religious to segregate themselves from people who do not share their religion (say, the amish)

You seem to have a very strange idea of the purpose of private schools, and are confusing them with TAG schools.[/quote]

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