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[quote=Anonymous]8:38, I've broken your post down into a list of characteristics you ascribe to public vs private school students.  According to you ...

A public schools ...
"standardized tests are an afterthought. It's pretty easy for those kids to learn enough to pass ..."
"math is more advanced than the norm in private school around here"
"English, History, and Science classes are very detailed ..."
"kids have to learn to speak clearly and quickly"
children are "self-starters"
children are "not intimidated"

By contrast, at private schools ...
"math is [less] advanced"
English, History, and Science classes are less detailed than public school 
children need "lots of hand-holding"
children need "lots of free-flowing class discussion time"
"kids [do not] have to learn to speak clearly and quickly" [the contrast you draw against public school]
children are not "self-starters"
children are intimidated by large groups
children need small classes
children would rather do art than math/science
children "tend to sit in the back and doodle"
"not more rigorous"

Perhaps these characteristics describe your children in public/private, but they don't describe mine.  I'll let other private school parents comment on whether your list of characteristics accurately describe their children.  [/quote]

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