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To: epicure who wrote (344681)	1/18/2003 7:56:40 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

What ever. I know I'm paying $7,500 to educate a kid who gets a better education for $2,700.

To: epicure who wrote (344681)	1/18/2003 8:05:35 PM
From: Emile Vidrine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

An excellent post on public vs private schools ! I rarely agree with you, but this post shows insight. The public schools teach a spectrum of IQs from 70-140+ while the upscale private schools teach IQs from 110+(very few children in public schools have IQs higher than 130). Socially and psychologically damaged children are not tolerated in private schools while the public schools attempts to educate all and repair the social and psychological damage in the weaker students. The teachers and administrators in public schools are rarely praised for their exceptional efforts. The expensive Episcopal, Presbyterian and Catholic private schools in our area frequently lord it over the public schools every year by comparing their high ACT scores with the more modest average scores of the public schools but always seems to avoid comparing the socio-economic status and IQ levels of the population they teach. They also refuse to compare apples to apples by comparing the private school children to the honor students in the public schools. When all of the variables are factored in, the public schools teachers are their a superior job with the materials they are given.

To: epicure who wrote (344681)	1/18/2003 8:50:57 PM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

I take issue with aspects of public schooling and still believe in vouchers, but there are good things about public schooling. In my own family's case, our son has Asperger's Syndrome and our daughter is legally blind from birth though few people know the severity and most do not know there is a problem. When our first child, which was our son reached the age to begin formal schooling, we enrolled him in private school wishing the best for him. Shortly there after he was rejected for being unruly in class. At the time, he apparently had a fascination with the classroom pencil sharpener. This of course was an unnecessary disruption for the class. Thinking back though, I wonder why the teacher did not advise him to grind up a few pencils to satisfy his curiosity, after class. We have great kids. Our son has since made high marks in school and has become an Eagle Scout. Many of his teachers wrote glowing and heart felt letters of recommendation to the Scout's board of review. Our daughter is in the Drill Team and the most benevolent and caring child one could imagine as she befriends those more disabled than herself. Public school can always be better and we should all endeavor to make it so, because it is through those halls most of our children will pass. * * *