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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As others have said, if you only look at private school as a means to a specific college outcome then it makes no sense. But I don’t think that is how most private school families view it.[/quote]how naive[/quote]
This is not naive at all. Clearly based on OPs wording, OP views private as a means to an end of hoped for better college admissions. If that is anyone’s goal, then it’s not worth it. 
We do private bc it has instilled a love and true interest in learning in our kids. They have critical thinking skills and amazing public speaking skills which they’ve slowly been taught since K. 
I went to both public and private in DC, and while I had straight As in public, I got to private and floundered. I only knew how to learn by memorization and regurgitation. I was light years behind my classmates who went into depth on everything and made it look easy. By graduation I had caught up. When I went to college, it was truly easy as I was basically over-prepared. The skills from my private high school carried over into interviewing and my early jobs. Sure I probably would have gotten into the same colleges (or better bc not competing vs a whole grade of qualified peers), but I wouldn’t have traded my private high school education for anything. We have put all of our kids in private since k. [/quote]

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