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I didn't get the best education in public school - though I made up for it in college - but I did grow up with friends in vastly-different socioeconomic status
by sterlind 6y ago
I didn't get the best education in public school - though I made up for it in college - but I did grow up with friends in vastly-different socioeconomic status than my own.
There's a tragedy of the commons here: parents who can afford private schools and tutors for their kids set them up for more success, but it also saps funding for public schools and families that can't afford that. (Public education would be better funded and higher quality if rich families had a reason to care.) Basically, white flight, though more tilted towards class now than race.
I want to send my kids to public school, but I know my individual actions wouldn't do much to fix the inequality.
- golergka 6y agoYou're exercising your free choice between well-being of your own children and the community at large — and people who choose private tutors make their choice as well. It's great that people have that choice of how to use the money they earned.
- shawnz 6y agoWhat's great about it? Is it great because it makes the world a better place? Seems like the opposite might be true if capitalizing on the choice to use private education creates a less educated population in general