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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I continue to be shocked at how often people come on this forum to try and talk others out of the decisions they've made for their kids. People choose to spend money on a load of stuff that I don't even bother to try and understand. If you have the privilege to make the choice between private and public (because recognize that for many the choice is made for them), you need to decide what's best for your family and where you want to spend your money.

I am not one of those people making 3M+ a year and still choose private school for my kids. I sleep well at night and haven't once regretted my decision or wondered what I could be doing with that money. Because guess what, for me...its not about "inertia" - I made the choice because I can and its what I wanted for my kids.

If private school doesn't make sense to you - you think its the same as public - you wonder who you just "ended up" in private school - etc etc....its really simple...just send your kid to public school. [/quote]

It’s not that is good or bad. Most likely both public and private are good, and private might have an edge over public. The question is it worth it?

What can go wrong if your kid is sent to public school? Or alternatively what good thing could I expect if I send them to private school?

So far I don’t see many bad things in public and not many good things in private to say that is worth the money.

It’s when you buy a car. Maybe you need the Audi and it makes you happy. But if you drive to work maybe you are happy with a Toyoya and things will not be different for you.

Of course this your kids education and not car, buy sometimes I feel that there is a social status element in private schools (like buying and Audi).[/quote]

This is so silly. “Worth” is subjective.

It is worth for me to send my kids to BVR, NCS and STA because I value what these schools offer and what my kids get out of them. YOU may not. Superior academics are not the only reason I chose the schools. I chose them because of the environment, the happy, interesting teachers, the lower teacher to student ratio, the facilities, etc.
Why is this so hard to understand!?!?!
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Well, because there is a financial component to worth. All of the things you mentioned may be worth it to you at $50k per year but not at, say, $1 million per year. For some it isn’t worth it at $50k either.[/quote]

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