Depends on the city. We send our kids to a very good public school here in Memphis. My wife is a physician and we could send our kids to a private school but our 3 are getting just as good an education in their school as they would a private school. My wife has at 7 doctor friends that have taken their kids out of private and placed them in the same school as our kids. We have family members that send 3 girls to one of the all girl private schools in Memphis and they pay close to $65k a year. I'm sure they're getting a good education but I feel my kids are getting just as good an edu if not better. Plus I want my kids to experience diversity. Their school has that. How diverse can it be when all the kids look them same, drive high end cars their parents buy them and 95% of them are the same race. It's all in what you feel is best for your kids. If it's private then great, if it's public then great.

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Posted by GeeOH

Louisiana

Member since Dec 2013

13376 posts

Posted on 5/25/14 at 8:52 am to WashHogwallop

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How diverse can it be when all the kids look them same, drive high end cars their parents buy them and 95% of them are the same race.

WTF does that mean? Clean? Well mannered? Good posture?

Man, I read your post a couple of times and there is a resentment in there...I'm not sure where it comes from, but you have it. You throw the doctor thing around and talk of your wife's job and your wife's friends...Do you work? Why the complex? Then you throw diversity crap out there and race issues.

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I'm sure they're getting a good education but I feel my kids are getting just as good an edu if not better

So you don't know of their curriculum, but you think you are sure yours is just as good or better?

Just to be honest, it is obvious you know private is better and can't get your kid there for whatever reason....but there is a reason.

But let's do a test.....please tell us the 2 schools in play here, the one private and the one public....let's compare the graduating class and the academic scholarships earned as a percentage of the class. I'll prove to you the private is probably WAY ahead.

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Posted by RogerTheShrubber

Juneau, AK

Member since Jan 2009

263330 posts

Posted on 5/25/14 at 10:49 am to WashHogwallop

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We send our kids to a very good public school here in Memphis.

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My wife is a physician and we could send our kids to a private school

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My wife has at 7 doctor friends that have taken their kids out of private and placed them in the same school as our kids

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I'm sure they're getting a good education but I feel my kids are getting just as good an edu if not better. Plus I want my kids to experience diversity.

I'd like to see how diverse this public school really is.

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Posted by yellowfin