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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d be upset to have my kids in public school and think I had a good outcome just because my kid landed into a top college.  These kids still had to sit through public school for K-12 with the class clowns, checked out teachers, low effort curriculum, and severe behavior kids.  These parents have no idea what they missed out on in the better private schools for their kids.  College is just four years and admissions has become somewhat of a lottery.  K-12 is what sets kids up for success, not college.  At that point it is too late.

Plenty of public school grads go to T10 colleges, don’t fit in or struggle, and move onto middle management type careers because they never were given the tools to succeed from public.  Studying for 16 APs and trying to ace standardized tests doesn’t give you direction or real skills in life.[/quote]

Plenty also do well. This is like a caricature of the differences as well as the outcomes. Sounds like a huge cope, per OP’s question.

There is plenty to not like about public schools but this take is absurd. [/quote]

Not really.  Most non-magnet public school students at top colleges struggle and don’t have good outcomes afterwards.[/quote]

That’s an idiotic statement, with zero factual basis.

Kids who graduate Langley or Whitman or Palo Alto High school or any number of high performing public schools located in wealthy areas do just fine at top colleges and many have great outcomes.[/quote]

Alright, but what about the average public school kid who makes it to a top college?  Are they having great outcomes?  They are not.[/quote]

They do not get in.  No average kid gets into a top college.[/quote]

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