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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have so much crap in other areas of my life I am glad I can at least lean on my partner for support as he is respectful of me. I hope you mature enough to stop sneering at yout partner.[/quote]

I am not sneering at my wife, she didn't choose private highschool, her parents did. I am sneering at the concert of people who think they are giving their kids some huge headstart by spending hundreds of thousands on private education when it gets them no further professionally. [/quote]

I think a lot of people think education is worth more than the professional advantages. I went to public school early, then private school (in a southern city with terrible public schools), and then a fancy private college. My kids go to public school (in MCPS). The education they get is nowhere near as good, in certain respects, as what I received as a kid. The biggest differences are in writing and choices in literature. When I was in school, we wrote constantly and were held to high standards. We learned about public speaking. And we read great works and were taught by teachers passionate about the writing. In college, I had my mind blown, and probably every day I think about something I learned in college, or something that I learned after college that came by way of my education. Could I have done that in public schools? Maybe. On the other hand, I think there is a huge advantage to being able to succeed in the public schools here and in the exposure to all sorts of people from diverse backgrounds.

Point being, maybe your wife's view of ROI considers returns other than money.

You snark that she just wants to brag about sending the kids to private school. If that's true, I'm on your side completely. If that's not true, it's a shitty way to characterize your wife, and I can see why she doesn't listen to you.[/quote]

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