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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like a lot of people don't say what they really think because they are afraid of coming across as snobby or elitest.

I'll throw this out there.  I think that my private offers a higher quality education than our highly ranked public. [/quote]
Here you go.  Perhaps someone posted this already, but the reality is that the quality of the education in private schools is only part of what you pay for.  For some private schools (e.g., Saint Albans, Georgetown Prep), you are paying for a [b]name brand with national recognition that opens up opportunities for your child beyond just the classroom and college matriculation process.[/b]  The relationships they forge during the high school years follow them for a lifetime both personally and professionally.  For those who think that paying for private school is only about the education, you are thinking very naively.  Other schools like Sidwell, Georgetown Day and Maret, while they enjoy an excellent academic reputation, including nationally among colleges, do not, in my opinion foster the lifelong relationships among their alumni that provide any sort of personal/professional benefit beyond getting into college (which though important is only part of the overall equation).[/quote]

My non-PC statement is that this just isn't true. The rest of the real world truly does not care where you went to high school and laughs at you if you act like it matters.[/quote]

I think it matters to a certain extent, but at a certain point you have to sink or swim on your own merits.  I'm a hiring manager in one of those high prestige low wage fields that rich people love, and I actively trash any job application that mentions where someone went to high school if they are older than 23.  [/quote]

That's now how it comes up. "Oh you grew up in the DC area? [I'm from there too or I have relatives there.] Where did you live? Where did you go to school?" Bingo. Substitute the private schools or nationally known magnates for any big city. One of my best friends when to Stuy in NYC and she always says that helped her get her start in life. It matters.[/quote]

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