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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not worth the stress. It will ruin u financially and u quality of life would suffer. ROI is not all that, but u do get the bumper sticker.? Did it for one kid, but will not be doing it for the other.[/quote]

This depends on what you value. If you value your child receiving a certain type of education then maybe it is worth it. If you value having the latest car and eating out every not then maybe not.[/quote] Private is overrated, especially in this economy.? Look at recent job placements?[/quote]

Disagree with this point of view. Economy is changing rapidly and the job market will not even be recognizable to us when those in lower grades enter college. They may not even need to go to college, which makes early education that must more critical. If you measure sucess by the child going to HYP, then not a good ROI for you. [b]Many of us want our kid to be articulate, well mannered, cultured, and enjoy learning. If you can manage private without lavish vacations each year, then I would recommend it. Public as currently structured will not meet the needs of future generations unless parents substantially invest in after school enrichment activities, which also cost money. [/b] [/quote]

I have kids in both public and private and I couldn't disagree with you more.  Many of the public schools around here (including the ones my kids attend(ed) in elementary are fantastic.  
Your are CLEARLY trying very hard to justify your private school investment. [/quote]

When you say "around here" you fail to recognize that most of the public schools around here are NOT good or competitive. Everyone doesn't live in upper NW, Chevy Chase/Bethesda, NoVA or are zoned for Wilson. Many in the DMV don't have decent public choices, so I don't think the poster is trying to justify anything but speaking his/her experience. [/quote]

NP: It would have been more appropriate for the poster to have clarified his/her own public setting, rather than insult all public school students everywhere as ill-prepared, futureless drug addicts [implied in follow-up post], who are not "well mannered, cultured, and [don't] enjoy learning." Can a post be more offensive?

I think the point you made is correct, but you are being too generous with the poster, who chose to make a sweeping indictment of public school students generally. PP was correct to call out the gross generalization and point out that many of the public schools around here are excellent, just as others correctly point out that many are not.[/quote]

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