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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The code isn't private school but money. It just appears and is reinforced more often at private schools for obvious reasons. But the same code is found at fancy suburban high schools in places like Greenwich and Bronxville while plenty of private school grads languish in obscurity and mediocrity.

People overthink this and social engineering too much. Going to public school doesn't make you nicer. Going to a more diverse school doesn't make you more tolerant. The vast majority of people will grow into an innately comfortable network of likeminded peers based on personalities and interests and expectations so they will end up in homogenous environments one way or another.

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I disagree. Going to school with classmates who live in subsidized housing, or can’t afford to eat out, or who get free lunch every day, or who don’t have passports, can’t afford summer internships, or who have a parent in jail… these are differences that won’t been seen and accepted as “normal” in private schools.[/quote]

NP.  But your child will definitely notice these differences.  They likely won’t be close friends with these kids since their worlds are so different, but they will work with them on projects, eat lunch with them, and know they exist in the world in a real way.  They will also see that their wealth is NOT the norm.

And if you are concerned with peer influence,  there are rich kids with terrible parents and poor kids with terrible parents.  Rich kids with terrible parents are usually the spoiled kids that are super entitled yet very average in everything they do.  They are the low ambition, family money kids who will burn through money as an adult and are not at all interesting.  Public school will have less of this, and more poor kids with terrible parents.  But your child is able to see the differences clearly and will see the right from wrong. They will be more motivated to do well in school, be more ambitious, and have a better grasp on reality.  They will likely be closest with other wealthy public school families- who generally do not have the same proportional entitlement [/quote]

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