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0 pointsbostonpete15y ago0 comments

> the parents of people who care enough about their education to enroll them in a montessori school...

Really? You think it's just a matter of caring enough to make it so? I think I'd phrase this differently -- that the parents of people who have the means to send them to a montessori school probably would have the means to give them other advantages in life as well, so their kids are probably going to do pretty well regardless.

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kbutler15y ago· 1 in thread

> the parents of people who have the means to send them to a montessori school probably would have the means to give them other advantages in life as well, so their kids are probably going to do pretty well regardless.

I disagree with the emphasis on the "means" of the family. Contrast the success of immigrant families who struggle to get an education for a child with the wastrel habits of many "rich kids".

Care is critical. Wealth may be helpful.

bostonpeteOP15y ago

I don't think most immigrant families who struggle for the education of their kids do so by sending them to private grade school. More often they take maximum advantage of the public options available to them and augment it with good parenting.

> Care is critical. Wealth may be helpful.

Certainly I agree if we're talking about raising a successful child but that wasn't the issue we were discussing. When it comes to sending your kid to private school, I think money usually goes a lot further than care.

tomjen315y ago

I can't answer for the grandparent, but to me if you really, really care you make it happen.

Not having the means is an excuse, not a reason.

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