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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We made double that amount twenty years ago, also lived in NOVA, and it never occurred to us to send our smart kids (and they sound a lot like your smart kid) to private.  I’m sure your middle school and high schools are just fine, and it’ll do your kid some good to be exposed to different levels of intellectual ability, family and cultural backgrounds, and economic diversity.

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I see that as selfish, no offense.  If you have extra money, why not invest it in your kids?  [/quote]

Let’s see.  I paid for my kids to live in a very nice neighborhood and attend top colleges.  I also paid for their weddings, provided down payments for their homes, routinely take them on vacations, with my spouse have provided them with so much free and loving child care that their kids have never once had to have a nanny or go to day care, and I will be leaving each one of them a seven figure inheritance.

I’d say my kids have done pretty well by me (and my spouse).  [/quote]

That’s all great and you sound like a dedicated parent. I don’t understand why you’re on the private school forum advocating your choices when OP is specifically asking parents who have kids in privates. This isn’t a general education forum. [/quote]

People troll the private school school forum all of the time who either never considered private school or think it’s morally wrong or can’t afford it or had some random bad experience tangentially related to a private school. It’s bizarre. I never wander into the kids with special needs forum and answer every question with “my child does not have special needs!” If you have no connection to private school this forum is not for you, move along.[/quote]

You’re not the moderator of this website.

The bottom line is this:  when I scroll down the “recent topics” page and see a heading that interests me, I click on it. It doesn’t occur to me to see what forum it’s posted in first to make sure I’m “qualified” to comment on it.

Also, in this particular case, I can see why the OP chose to pose the question “should we go the private school route” on the private school forum.  It’s the logical spot for it.  But that doesn’t necessarily mean she only wants to hear from private school parents.  I mean, right now her kids are in public.  It’s quite logical to assume that she would not mind hearing from public school parents who have also asked themselves the same question.

Finally, I have to ask: who started it? I simply gave my opinion, and the first response was from someone telling me I’m selfish for not sending my kids to private school just because I could afford to. It was an a$$hole move.  It might benefit the OP, who has not yet been exposed to private school parents, to see how they respond to people that they disagree with.[/quote]

Go away granny 
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Nah.

When you don’t like the message, the easy way out is to attack the messenger.  Eh?[/quote]

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