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Why Pay House Premium "for Schools" Instead of Private Schooling?
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2011 Jul 31, 3:24pm 35,362 views 147 comments
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SJ,
It totally is overrated.
I have seen tons of parents at just about every socio-eonomic level that neglect their kids. While the chances of parents being brighter in high socioeconmic areas, it doesnt dictate how well they parent.
Because quite frankly when a kid comes into the mix, every parent is on the same page. Page 1. IMHO its how well a parent is able to work with what they have to provide a stable path for the kid. Just as all kids wont be pro athletes, all kids are not going to be academic whiz kids. Its about balance.
Its amazing how kids are kids, but adults at times will try to impose a framework of life that has no meaning to them. Its like hearing a kid say something "adult like" but they are like parrots. All they are doing is repeating what they hear but it has no depth or meaning.
Its a strip mall/cookie cutter mentality that I believe will always be there in society, but I am doubtful will yield the next great thinker or problem solver.
Its a strip mall/cookie cutter mentality that I believe will always be there in society, but I am doubtful will yield the next great thinker or problem solver.
I thought my take on this was over but I had to comment here. You hit this directly on the head. It is a strip mall mentality, middle class bluecollar mentality of what upper class is supposed to be. The people worry so much about such things to such an extreme level are in my view social climbers. This is not as these climbers would like to believe about society because real high society doesn't think the way some people here are. This is about social climbing and nothing more.
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I am not a parent yet, but this has always sort of irked me. People get frenzied over which school district they are buying into and certainly, will seem to overpay for a house to get their kids into some school. Why is it that so many people take no issue with dropping an additional $100,000+ on a house to get at a school, but balk at the notion of private schooling? For $100,000 you could send your kid to a number of private K-8 schools and a college prep place like Bellarmine at $15k per year. It does not seem to compute. Thoughts?