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Full of cherry-picked students! Do you not get why these schools have higher test scores and the like?
Yes I get why they have higher test scores. However, they are still public schools, subject to the same STUPIDITY that rules public schools in my area. So although the kids are smarter they are getting the same crummy education that is provided by the public schools in FL.
My kids would have qualified for a number of public magnets but we chose private because we think it provides a higher quality education than the public schools. If we were not able to afford private we would certainly have looked at public magnets. Most families have limitations on the amount of resources they can throw at their kids education.
Or, someone that considers education one of the most important things for their children.
For those who have not planned ahead, and taken into account the things they 'acquire' and the expense of them, if they can't afford them... well, who is to blame?
My parents, my grandparents, my aunts, uncles, my siblings and I consider a good education one of the most critical things that you can give a child. How many PhD's, MD's and Rhodes Scholars are YOU related to?
Or, someone that considers education one of the most important things for their children.
For those who have not planned ahead, and taken into account the things they 'acquire' and the expense of them, if they can't afford them... well, who is to blame?
My parents, my grandparents, my aunts, uncles, my siblings and I consider a good education one of the most critical things that you can give a child. How many PhD's, MD's and Rhodes Scholars are YOU related to?
Oh, please! Do not imply that parents who send their kids to public schools don't care about their kids' education.
I can't count the number of PhDs I'm related to. The closest is my husband, a PhD physicist who is a product of the Omaha Public Schools. Next in closeness is my daughter, who has a Doctorate of Physical Therapy, a product of the Boulder Valley (CO) public schools. I have several relatives with PhDs who were university professors; one was president of a seminary. (He had a PhD in biology, BTW.) MDs? Not so much. The men in my family (and until recently it was mostly men who went into medicine) tended more towards the science/engineering fields. Which reminds me, one of my cousins has a PhD in engineering. He is the product of the Beaver Falls (PA) public schools. My dad had an uncle who was an MD in the "good old days" of medicine, though he did have a degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School, which has always been one of the top medical schools in the country. That is where I got my nursing degree as well. Rhodes Scholars? I honestly don't know. I could go on. I have never heard that any of these people went to anything but public shcools for K-12.
Now my grandparents were very modest people; none of them even graduated from high school but all of them wanted the best for their kids, and all their kids got some higher education.
More important than who I am related to IMO is my own accomplishments. What is YOUR educational background?
Neither am I... This is a semi-private school for her.
For not getting stuck on the cost of things, for me, Phillips Academy, Stanford and MIT set me back a few $$. Worth every penny, and paid for itself many times over.
The talk about scholarships made me wonder...
how do the private schools in your area of the country handle scholarships?
Here, you cannot get a 9-12 scholarship unless you attended the associated K-8 school for a minimum number of years (normally 4).
K-8 scholarships are very rare, but they all carry the stipulation that you must attend one year paying full tuition before you can get one.
What is much more common is family discounts. First child is full tuition, second child concurrently enrolled is 80%, etc.
I'm gainfully productive, if that's what you mean.
Well, so am I, but I'm not sure I/we could put two kids through private K-12 schools and have enough money left over to assure them a college education at the college of their choice.
Well, so am I, but I'm not sure I/we could put two kids through private K-12 schools and have enough money left over to assure them a college education at the college of their choice.
If you had the cashflow, would you put them in private school? By that, I mean... Would you want your children to attend private school if you could pay for it and continue assure they can attend the college of their choice.
If you had the cashflow, would you put them in private school? By that, I mean... Would you want your children to attend private school if you could pay for it and continue assure they can attend the college of their choice.
If I thought there was one that was better than their public school. In our area, that is not the case. Even a highly ranked Catholic high school doesn't offer what my kids had.
If I thought there was one that was better than their public school. In our area, that is not the case. Even a highly ranked Catholic high school doesn't offer what my kids had.
What about college prep academies? Around here non religious private schools are really the "cream of the crop" not the Catholic/Christian/Jewish schools.
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