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[quote=Anonymous]I work at an independent school and I'll tell you it depends on the kid and the school. My daughter is 3 so a long way off from being able to attend my elite all girl's private high school but I still don't know that I'd send her. Here's why: 
- The girls here tend to be highly accomplished but also intense and stressed out. If my kid turns out easy-going I'd send her. If she's prone to anxiety I wouldn't put her in a high-pressure environment. 
- We are upper middle class but many of the girls at my school are super-wealthy. I fear she'll feel impoverished if she comes here. If she stays in public she will understand that we're actually quite privileged. 
- We get a half-tuition scholarship by virtue of my employment and I'd love to have her nearby but also recognize that having her in my school in the midst of her teenage years is courting drama as she tries to establish herself as her own person. 
- I teach a specific subject area in which she's shown some interest (she's three). If she continues to be interested I think she ought to go elsewhere lest we really get in each other's space.

Here's what would change my mind: 
- If her public school experience (in Moco) turns out to be more discipline and less learning. 
- If she struggles socially in a significant way. I did and would have given anything to transfer schools but lived in a small town and this wasn't possible. 
- If she develops a variety of interests and it seems like she could be in my small school without us being on top of each other. 
- If she seems to want it for herself rather than to fulfill some idea of what she thinks I want. [/quote]

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