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[quote=Anonymous]What exactly is it that she likes about private? What exactly is wrong with the public schools your kids could go to? Is this just a vague--it sounds better/more status symbol thing for them to go private or is there a legitimate reason?

I went to bad public schools in middle and high school, a great SLAC, got a good career and have become a successful adult. My parents could've afforded private school for me but if they had, they wouldn't have been able to fully fund for my college tuition and I would've had to take out loans for college. As it was, I didn't have any loans and graduated from both college and grad school debt free, which was such a privilege.

Sure, I want my kids to get a great education but I think that unless the public schools near you are just abysmal or unsafe, the best thing to do is send your kids to public and save that money to supplement w/ private tutoring and camps and extracurriculars and then focus on getting them into good colleges. If you send them to private, you won't have enough money to cover college costs and they'll likely wind up in a less than ideal school for college. Think long term. You don't want to focus so much on your kids' middle-high school that you forgo the potential for them to have a great college experience.[/quote]

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