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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And more fall out still-- the high achieving students who work hard and play by the rules learn that money and privilege wins over character. Not only does this set these kids up for mistrust of adults as the hypocrisy is palpable it is a disservice to the wealthy kids who will likely have a much better outcome in college and life if they would have just received a swift kick in the ass in middle and high school and learn to be rewarded on merit. Those of us with a child in the big privates know this already goes on all the time. Good and fair teachers and smart decent kids lose favor to the $$.[/quote]

What part of paying for the luxuries in life so unfair or hypocritical?  I would love to have a 911 instead of a BMW. Instead, I send my child to to a private school surrounded by highly motivated, hard working, smart kids with an intellectually demanding curriculum. I know my child would get a perfectly fine education at our local public school, but I have a distaste for big bureaucracies and people who peaked in high school.  I enjoy talking to my child about the modern literature she reads for class and complex policy questions she is researching for social studies much more than I enjoy shopping. So my child's private school education is the reward I get for having worked hard and done well in life. If I couldn't afford to keep the BMW, I'd get a Honda and my life wouldn't be any different.   [/quote]

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