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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't really understand this language about "I'm sacrificing X to get this education."

Private education is a luxury. When people purchase a luxury, they have less money to purchase other luxuries.  Except for people with insane wealth, people choose between luxuries.  That doesn't mean they "sacrifice" all the other luxuries they didn't buy.  It's just a bizarre way to look at it.

I don't hear it in other contexts.  "We had fun on a ski trip to Aspen but we had to sacrifice a lot to go there.  We gave up the alps for it!"  or "Thank you for complementing my Birkin, I sacrificed a Land Rover to get it!"

If Jewish Day School is a luxury that's important to you, then choose it!  The kids I know whose parents have chosen it have thrived.

I'm also laughing at the "Catholic and Protestant schools cost less than $20K."  Has this person looked up Prep or Sidwell's or the Cathedral schools' tuition recently?
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It's a way for people to feel very self-righteous while purchasing a luxury good. It's insufferable.[/quote]

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