"If you send your kid to private school, you are a bad person"

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96. That is the problem right there.

You have to change your way of thinking. So you think it's okay for those other kids to have to suffer because they have no choice, but because you have a choice your child is more deserving? Besides, if you become involved in your child school, things would change. If you cared, you would be helping out those schools while your children were in private schools to improve them to the point they are up to the standards you have set for your child.

And I won't answer this question because for me it would be totally hypothetical since there's no way in hades I could ever afford a private education for my 4 children as a single mom. I'll just reiterate that those kids who are already there don't have a choice. I agree this isn't something that would change the entire country if YOUR kid attended public school - this is something that would have to become a movement. I do know that you aren't helping the problem. What you or your kids can tolerate is your choice though.