Anonymous wrote:I don't think (m)any highly educated, genuinely smart people are truly religious (and I'm continually bemused by how many engage in the charade -- probably more with kids in privates than in publics).

How perceptive of you to discern that only poorly educated, unintelligent people are truly religious. Glad we're able to provide you some amusement along your life's journey.

we do.

Plus you aren't going to get any kind of accurate read. Some people will say one thing, others will say another. It is totally meaningless.

I'm a private school graduate who also finds your assumptions offensive. Essentially you are relying on stereotypes of both private and public school families.

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Anonymous wrote:People can be highly educated without going to private school.

I realize that, but it's easier to single them out by asking the question on a private school board.

Yeah, as a public school graduate I just find your assumptions offensive.

I don't think (m)any highly educated, genuinely smart people are truly religious (and I'm continually bemused by how many engage in the charade -- probably more with kids in privates than in publics).

Anonymous wrote:People can be highly educated without going to private school.

I realize that, but it's easier to single them out by asking the question on a private school board.

People can be highly educated without going to private school.

Out of 16 or so kids in DSs class at a top, expensive private, I think at least 9, if not closer to 12, attended religious services of some sort regularly.

We don't attend, and I only recall two parents mentioning that they did. The moms are both Catholic who attend the same church, so occasionally mention something church-related to each other in my presence. I don't know about anyone else; it seems to be something people just don't discuss. There are plenty of birthday parties planned for Sundays around lunchtime, fwiw.

I think it would be hard to know around here. DC area is very pc so most people would not talk about church so as to not offend on the chance the other person was not of their faith or atheist.

10:23 here. Just for your reference then our public school (in bethesda) has a higher income and comparable education demographic to the private schools my kids attended.

Anonymous wrote:Confused..do you mean if school is religious or if you go to a secular private if families attend services? We go to a religious private..families of all faiths attend this school. I go to the weekly chapel as do many parents and since it is early..you can go to work after. It's nice and an a good avenue for moral lessons...fwiw..I am not of this school's religion and I feel comfortable there.

Sorry, I mean if the school is secular, do most families tend to go to religious services. Basically I'm trying to get a feel if it is common for families in this demographic to attend religious services. If your curious, I don't have a child who attends private school, nor is it on the radar. I'm asking purely for sociological reasons. I recently read a book that made an assertion about highly educated families and religious attendance, that I find a bit hard to believe. I'm trying to get a sense for whether the responses on this board support the author's claim.

Weird question. My DH attends church regularly, kids irregularly and me not at all. At one of our schools, which was quite liberal and diverse, not too many white families, but many black families, attended religious services. At another school that was somewhat more conservative religious services seemed to be more common. The latter is similar to our public school. I think religious attendance is quite high at the catholic schools.

Confused..do you mean if school is religious or if you go to a secular private if families attend services? We go to a religious private..families of all faiths attend this school. I go to the weekly chapel as do many parents and since it is early..you can go to work after. It's nice and an a good avenue for moral lessons...fwiw..I am not of this school's religion and I feel comfortable there.

I'm curious to know if it is common for families whose children attend elite, expensive private schools to routinely attend religious services. If your child goes to this type of school, does your family attend services? What's your feel for what's common in other families at your school? I should add that I'm not interested so much in how personally religious or spiritual these families are, but if they express it by participation in a religious community.