re: Private school, yay or nay?

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I went to private school. When I got to college, I couldn’t believe how dumb others were who went to public school. I also couldn’t believe the drugs the public school kids did. And in public school, even if education is good, your kid is still sitting next to the trailer park or ghetto fabulous little kiddo.

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I went to public schools through 4th grade, then private from 5th through 7th then back to public. I was about 3 years behind when I first started private in 5th grade and when I went back to public in 8th grade, I basically coasted until my junior year. The difference in curriculum was obscene.

It's an elite private school (I was there on academic scholarship; my parents could not afford it otherwise) but it was comprehensive: mandatory/taught dinner etiquette at breakfast & lunch, and things like individual golf lessons or arts training like singing and acting were all available.

Your kids may not be around trailer trash or thugs, but I'd say about 1/8th of the guys I knew at private wound up getting strung out on drugs and in various forms of trouble during and after high school. Lesson being, you'd still need to make sure your kid(s) are not hanging around the wrong types. Rich kids get easier access to things that will.. get them in trouble