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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Public school parent here - sorry to intrude.  I just saw this under "recent topics."

I beg your indulgence. FWIW, I can definitely afford private school for my kids!  For better or worse, I choose not to.

If OP's facts are correct, I find the increasing demand for privates school curious, too.  I'm not certain the college outcomes are that much better when you account for family wealth and education.  In fact, private school outcomes might be worse when you make those accounts.

It's true that class sizes are too big in public school. There are also some unpleasant and weird kids.  But tough situations teach resilience that can be useful later in life.

Just saying I'm surprised we're not at an equilibrium, and instead we are in an era of dramatically increasing demand for private school.  I guess I would  chalk it up to the wealthy getting wealthier.

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It is all very interesting and as someone said it’s all anecdotal - but my anecdote is a good friend of mine is a teacher at a top private and said she would never send her kids there because it’s such a bubble that when they get out into the real world they don’t know how to deal with anything. To your point about the benefit of exposing your kids to tougher situations or situations where they have to navigate them and figure them out without too much hand holding.[/quote]

My anecdote is that lots of teachers at our private send their kids to our school because they think it provides a better education than public.  My other anecdote is a number of public school teachers also send their kids for the same reason.[/quote]

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