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Originally posted by Griff
One real advantage my kids paro... er private school has is that the parents are invested in it financially and that leads to an emotional investment that shouldn't be discounted.
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Not always -- I have met a number of people who have pulled their kids out of private schools because they have witnessed the converse of your admirable reaction, ie; parents who essentially wash their hands of their kids, because, after all, "We've written a big check -- let the
school take care of it."
In one salient tale, a girl was routinely shoplifting from the student-run school store, and when the parent advisor tried to stop the child, she just shrugged and walked away. When the parent went to the headmaster (yes, it's one of
those schools) she was told "Oh, is that Mr. So-and-so's child? Well, just keep a tab of what she takes and he'll write us a check at the end of the month. We can't afford to upset him; he just paid for our new auditorium."
Egads. Not all folks who make a financial investment make a concommitant emotional investment. On the other hand, imagine how much worse it would be if THOSE kids were home schooled and learning more of their parents' values!