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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like you wish your parents had made different decisions. Which is part of being human. It also sounds like you wish your life had gone different and are blaming your high school experience and your parents choices, which is not uncommon but fairly immature and limited perspective.

Your parents made the best choices they could for you, and you are free to make different ones for your kids. Be aware that they’ll likely still blame you for their dissatisfaction (and everyone has some) if that’s what you model.

Quite frankly, it also sounds like you have no appreciation for the fact you’ve lived a very privileged life. Perhaps consider whatever it takes to gain some perspective - therapy, volunteering, whatever works for you.  [/quote]

How do you know those were the best choices? By the price tag?[/quote]

By the fact that college was a breeze compared to those who went to public school.[/quote]

Every public school and private are different.  Huge generalization.    We choose public as it had a more rigorous math track.  It depends on the child and classes as well as the teacher.  [/quote].

Agreed.  And by the way, in the olden days, private school was considered much more rigorous and demanding than public and the engaging teachers in small classrooms held kids to a higher standard.  Not the case anymore.  Now you pay a massive amount of money and expect that the child will be "treated fairly" and excel.  A quarter of the kids in private schools are rich and dumb, a quarter are there to play sports they've been recruited for, and the last half are great kids - just like in any school.  When my great grandfather went to Phillips Exeter, he got to choose what ivy league school he went to.  Now, what school you HS graduate from does not open doors by itself.  If you have a prominent or connected parent/grandparent, that opens doors to selective colleges, not the name on your HS diploma.

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