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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I believe that teachers touch a child’s life, even change it, inspire.  Also, I believe that people around us influence who we become.

We gave public schools a chance in Elementary.  But even the best teachers there were overworked, spent a lot of time on disciplining students rather than teaching, didn’t encourage asking questions because the class sizes (27 kids) and taught to test.  The peer group had some good kids but also a lot of kids with undesired behavior - sexualized.

So we moved DD to a private. This is her first year in middle school. The max class size is 20.  The teachers are awesome. They truly try to spark the joy of learning, they do a lot project based learning and games, encourage asking questions.

DD is surrounded by kids from good families, with high academic level, some overachievers. These are kids that travel, read books, go to museums and theaters, and do a lot of extra curricular activities- robotics, swimming, orchestra, etc. They don’t come home and plop in front of TV.  So I’m hoping DD will thrive in this environment. So far she’s doing very well.[/quote]

Thank you for posting this, it is always good to be reminded why I don't send my kids to private school-- dealing with people who think like you do.  I hate to burst your bubble, but my kids go to a DC public middle school and they are also surrounded my kids from "good families" from all over DC, with high academic levels.  They also travel, read books, go to museums and theaters, and do extracurricular activities.  Imagine that!!  Public school kids read books!!

You do not have to pay for private school for any of these things.[/quote]

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