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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not PP but I agree that in general public school is great for kids at the VERY top as since there are so few of them, the public school has resources that the privates don't for these kids. For a motivated kid, they will have to work harder in the public to get the resources that they need but maybe the extra effort will pay off later in life. For a kid like my very average in some areas to super smart in others DD who is also not particularly motivated, private is a godsend. Every year though I say we will look at the public school and we don't. My younger DS may be a candidate for magnet. If so, it will be hard to say no. [/quote]

[b]Really?!?!  I'm a PP who has had kids in private and at a "W" school in MoCo.  It is just wrong, and funny, to suggest that there are "so few" of the very top students at the top public schools.  Couldn't be farther from the truth.  [/b]Some of these kids are knock-your-socks-off smart.  Do you really think the doctors, lawyers, PhD's, lobbyists, journalists, etc. of Bethesda don't have equally smart, qualified kids in the public schools as the doctors, lawyers, etc. who send their kids to private?  If you believe that, you are drinking some kind of kool-aid.  Public or private, there are many very smart kids in this area. [/quote]

I think you misunderstand what the PP was saying. I think the original point was simply that private schools are too small and don't have the same resources to deal with super-bright kids as well as public schools do. I completely agree with this. If you have a kid who's very bright, a good public school is a fine place. However, I also agree that if you have the average student who's not very motivated, private schools can be a godsend. [/quote]
I posted the comment about the very top and PP explained what I meant.  Completely agree that they are a lot of smart kids in public....but there aren't by definition many very top kids anywhere.  I'm talking about the kid who memorized the periodic table in kindergarten etc...privates don't have resources to deal with these kids so public is better.  My DD isn't that child. In public my DD who isn't super motivated would probably have been put in middle groups but at my kids' school they teach everyone at the advanced level.  Now socially she loves her school two recesses, excellent art, music etc...She has a great peer group.  She LOVES her school.  At this point though I am thinking if it is not broken don't fix it.  BTW I don't drive fancy cars or am status conscience.  For my DD, I feel like I am providing her with a better future given her personality.  [/quote]

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