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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I actually agree with the author (whom I know nothing about). Objectively schools, especially those strongly left leaning such as GDS and Sidwell ( and people have said on this board that Holton has swung aggressively in the same direction) are in fact a complete contradiction. They have aggressively embraced what I will describe as hyper-liberalism, and yet charge circa $50,000 per child, per year to attend school. This does not feel like the "equality" they espouse. Can anyone not see the inherent contradiction? [/quote]

So, would you rather these wealthy schools produce defenders of self-interested, unapologetic, right wing capitalists? What is it that you are proposing? Private schools are not going away.

As a liberal parent who sends my kids to a Big-3, I am fully aware of the hypocrisy of a "private school with a public mission," but I'd much rather have my kids grow up believing that they have responsibilities to people other than themselves rather than the alternative. There is a sense that with this amazing education, you're supposed to go out there and do some good in the world.
And the author presents the worst of these schools, I hope you are aware. The anecdotes aren't made-up, but they are caricatures that are far, far from the typical, nondescript interactions that make up the private school world. [/quote]

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