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[quote=Anonymous]"What a massive, massive overgeneralization. This certainly doesn't describe the various private schools where I've sent my children. I don't think you have to worry. I don't see any private school welcoming you unless they need to fill slots. The "I pay for this, I get to dictate what you do" doesn't go over to well. And frankly, I wouldn't want to send my children somewhere where parents like you came in with that attitude. I've seen what happens to schools when certain parents try to control things. The schools fair very poorly. The best schools are run by professionals who know what they are doing and keep buttinski parents at arms length.

Good luck out there. I'm glad my children are older so I don't have to worry about your child showing up in their classes."

Not OP here - Going to ignore the personal attacks on my family and my children, since I know that once people resort to that, it just means I've won the argument, and ask a question: why is it, if the privates have such wonderful math programs, why the dismal showing on math competitions, such as the AMC8?  If they're receiving such amazing, superior instruction, why are there only one or two kids (plus a couple more from STA) from each school on the AMC8 lists?  When researching privates for my older children, I was told to look there to see the strength of the math programs, and I was completely underwhelmed.  So if the privates are so superior in the humanities, why not also math?[/quote]

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