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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I dunno -- "after 14 years of high-powered private schooling, did your kids turn out to be thoughtful and intellectually engaged people or exceptionally well-trained performing seals (and do you credit or blame the school or yourselves for this outcome)?" strikes me as a question someone might wonder about. And, for that matter, a question than many potential respondents might well take offense at. Mystery solved.

10 years into the process, DC seems firmly on the former path and I think that's because school and home reinforced each others' values. At least that's what I take away when I look at DC's schoolmates, some of whom are like DC, but most of whom aren't. Where I think school makes the most difference is when you have a kid whose personality or interests start(s) out different from his or her parents and who ends up at a school that's a good fit for the kid. [/quote]

I'm not sure to whom you are writing and what point you are making.  As far as brand is concerned in the mid-1990s when I bought my car a FORD was a FORD and a TOYOTA was TOYOTA.  I got a lousy return on my investment with the FORD.  I got an excellent ROI with the TOYOTA.  Education is no different.

Why would I spend $30,000/ year for an private primary school education in the D.C. area.  This is a lousy ROI in my opinion.  The public magnet schools are a far superior eduactional brand.  Therefore, my children went to the public school magnets for primary education.  There received a far superior return on that investment.  "High-powered private primary school" does not equal superior education in the D.C. area.  For those struggling with their underwater mortgages we have no reason to be part of the educational bubble and sentence our children to worthess underwater educational loans.  Therefore, the choice of $45,000/year at Harvard may indeed be a better ROI thatn $35.000/year at Podunk University.[/quote]

You say these things because you aren't very well-educated yourself and because you don't see any intrinsic value in education.  [/quote]

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