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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][img][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ignore most of these posts, OP.

You have got a very bitter contingency of people who can't afford private school here desperately feeling the need to label it as "stupid." It isn't, there are many reasons to send kids to private if you can afford it. Which you can. [/quote]

This is such a typical response.  And it’s simply not true.   I was a Biglaw partner making just shy of 7 figures two decades ago when we decided not to put our kids in private.   Thanks in large part to that decision, I was able to retire in my early 50s with plenty of money while still in a position to help our kids out in much more practical ways — large down payments for houses, etc.  Kids all went to public schools all the way through college (except for one who got a large merit award) and all are now doing just fine in the DMV, doing the same jobs and making the same money and living the same lives in the same neighborhoods as their private school friends and classmates.  Of course, none of them is in Biglaw like I was, but that’s a blessing![/quote]

Okay, but when you were in biglaw and using public schools, what neighborhood did you live in? Let’s not get carried away with the value of Janney when you need a fortune to go there in the first place. Private school is just another flavor of the same game. [/quote]

Except OP ended up with a house instead of enriching the private school! [/quote]

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