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[quote=Anonymous]NP here.  I'm glad this OP posted because DH and I went to public school ourselves, but now we send our kids to private.  It's great to hear from an adult grad who's out in the world.

There was a thread a few months ago on this forum about how private school grads tend to send their kids to public schools, and vice versa.  I wonder if it's because we all think our high school experience was not perhaps just right, and want something different for our kids?  As a public school grad, I really liked my high school experience, but figured a private school one would be better.  But then when I talk to my fellow mom friends who went to private secondary school, they seem to choose public for their own kids.

To the OP -- do you feel grateful to your parents for making the financial commitment to send you to private secondary?  (This is something I hope my kids will do someday.  So far, they are aware that, to pay full tuition for 2 kids, we are paying $7000/month, which leaves room for only a small house (albeit in a good neighborhood), old cars, and modest vacations, etc.  We could definitely have a nicer house etc, if we were not paying this tuition.  But our kids are not academic super stars, and so private seems worth it to us to bring out the best in them.  (My kids obviously don't attend a top-3 school, but the less prestigious schools cost just as much as the top-3!)[/quote]

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