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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We made double that amount twenty years ago, also lived in NOVA, and it never occurred to us to send our smart kids (and they sound a lot like your smart kid) to private.  I’m sure your middle school and high schools are just fine, and it’ll do your kid some good to be exposed to different levels of intellectual ability, family and cultural backgrounds, and economic diversity.

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I see that as selfish, no offense.  If you have extra money, why not invest it in your kids?  [/quote]

Let’s see.  I paid for my kids to live in a very nice neighborhood and attend top colleges.  I also paid for their weddings, provided down payments for their homes, routinely take them on vacations, with my spouse have provided them with so much free and loving child care that their kids have never once had to have a nanny or go to day care, and I will be leaving each one of them a seven figure inheritance.

I’d say my kids have done pretty well by me (and my spouse).  [/quote]

Sounds like you could afford to give them a better education, which is worth way more than money.  You don't lose an education through inflation, or when the stock or property market crashes.  Education and the ability to make good decisions ricochets through the generations and doesn't come with a dollar sign.  It's not what you value, we get that.[/quote]

You really drank the kool aid, huh?  You have nothing tangible to back up anything that you just said.   [/quote]

The tangible is actually in all the stats.  Private school kids are statistically more represented at all levels of leadership.  About 8% of kids attend a private school in the US, but look at any industry or society and senior leaders are more likely than 8% to have attended private schools.  Many of those leaders have a combination of public/private experience.  My kids do and many others on this forum also do.  It's not all or nothing, some of us are actually balanced and well rounded.[/quote]

Association and causation are two different things.  Surely your kids were taught that in private school.  [/quote]

It doesn't matter if it's association or causation if you think about it - one in the same at the root.[/quote]

Tell that to a scientist and they’ll laugh you out of the room.  [/quote]

Except if they are a social scientist, then they will nod along.  And, we are talking about social science here.[/quote]

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