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On 2012, Jul 11, , at 06:07, Anthony Lapinski wrote:
FIRST
Very thoughtful insights. However, I will respond to this:
What is the rationale behind parents seeking private schools in the
place? On average, the teachers aren't better; if anything the reverseis
true. The programs aren't better; in many/most cases they are morecomparing
limited. AP classes, for example, tend to be very rare in private
schools. The supposedly better education is an illusion based on
populations which are not statistically comparable int he FIRST place!So
what's the draw?
I heard that grads. from private schools tended to find the first year of
college somewhat repetitious. but then had trouble the next year.
(Remember this is 55 years ago) I found that true in physics. Part of
the reason, the former, is my school used college texts, at least the
bio. ones, I don't remember the others. Physics the first year at UCSC
was a breeze, top grade on the final.
bc
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