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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I want my kids to learn to love learning. I don't want them to go to an Ivy or other crazy notions that are immagined about why I send my kids to a private school.

I just don't want my kids to hate school.[/quote]

What do you think parents of children in public school want? And why don't you think what you describe is possible there? I only ask because I want to be sure people investigate their own specific local school to decide whether it offers these things, rather than assume all public schools are alike.[/quote]

I did investigate our specific local school, quite extensively.  Unfortunately, it didn't offer the things we want.  No foreign language in elementary.  Art, music and PE all 1 time a week, 20 minute lunch, 1 30 minute recess.  It doesn't really seem to allow kids the opportunity to just be kids.  28 kids per class with 1 teacher.  The teaching style was more worksheet/lecture, not much interactive, hands-on learning.  That's not the type of environment my kid will be excited about every day.  And he's a hand-on type of learner, he won't get as much from the type of instruction offered in public.  We would have loved to send our kids to public, but in the end, we felt it wasn't a good option for them and absolutely feel that private is worth every penny.[/quote]

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