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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand the better education thing.  What do you think this alleged better education gets them?  Public school kids aren't failing out of college while private school kids coast along.  And in all my years in a professional job I've never seen a difference in quality between private or public school people.  We have a large friend group with people from public and private school backgrounds - absolutely no difference in quality of life, knowledge, or intellect. Now, it may make a difference for kids with academic struggles, but otherwise I'm not seeing it.  I wish people would just admit it is for connections, etc.[/quote]

My kid attended a Catholic HS and I would say it is more of a “steady wins the race” thing. 99% of their high school class went on to a 4-year college and exactly 4 years later, my kid doesn’t know a single kid from their high school class who isn’t graduating from college on-time. And they’re still close with a ton of their hs classmates. Nobody from their hs class is at tippy top colleges like Harvard or MIT, but they’re all at a college. It’s a great peer group to have.

Contrast that with a public high school, where some kids might be going to HYPSM, but others might not even be going to college at all. At many publics 30% of the class doesn’t go to a 4-year school. That hurts momentum when you come home for winter break.[/quote]

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