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Re: [Phys-L] Private schools

Most of my students that get accepted to places like U Chicago, Cal Tech, Harvard and so on get full ride scholarships to a variety of local schools (public and private).
A free U of MN mechanical engineering degree might put a kid in a better spot than the same degree from an ivy league.school that comes with $150 k in debt.

Paul Lulai
St Anthony Village Senior High

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From: "brian whatcott" <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed, Jul 11, 2012 6:01 pm
Subject: [Phys-L] Private schools
To: "phys-l@mail.phys-l.org" <phys-l@mail.phys-l.org>

On 7/11/2012 1:42 PM, FOUAD AJAMI wrote:
Am I the only one to think that this list is getting less "physical" and more political?If I remember, this private school thing started as a response to an energy concept test?Or maybe not, it is such a long time since.

Fouad Ajami


I will admit to surprise at the dynamics of this thread. Such depth of
feelings!
About private schools - I found it hard to read that their results are
no better than the public school system - I found the comment that
private schools are disproportionately represented at the best
universities more resonant.
Possibly two effects at play here:
1) parental expectations and cohort shared values, home environments and
resources do not alter the possibility that genetics account for the
major part of ones skills and talents, but of that environmental
fraction, whatever it is, it can make a competitive difference.
2) Cash in the bank can buy entree into very many desirable
situations, anywhere, but certainly in the US too. Yale, anyone?.-

When cash enters, then politics is involved in the nature of things.

Brian W
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