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WhiskeyGrinder

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26. Fair enough!

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Are Private Schools Immoral? [View all] WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 OP

My son's parochial school is 30% Black, 30% Latino and 24% Asian RandySF Dec 2017 #1

No. Sneederbunk Dec 2017 #2

White wing racists who send their kids to private mostly white schools are immoral, not the schools Hoyt Dec 2017 #3

BINGO!!!!! tonyt53 Dec 2017 #10

The article uses the example of schools in Brooklyn. EL34x4 Dec 2017 #33

Well, almost 20% there voted for Trump. Hoyt Dec 2017 #34

Lol at these first three answers. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 #4

You asked a question; don't have a go at people for answering it muriel_volestrangler Dec 2017 #15

I didn't; the headline of the article did. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 #24

You posted it, and GD doesn't demand that the thread title is that of an article muriel_volestrangler Dec 2017 #25

Fair enough! WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 #26

I went to a private school, and it was a great experience for me. IluvPitties Dec 2017 #5

I serve on the Board of a Private School...my mother serves on the Board of another. brooklynite Dec 2017 #6

I ask people to read the article rather than reacting to the headline. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 #7

In that case, I ask you to change your title... brooklynite Dec 2017 #8

Magnet schools and charter schools are public schools. Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #20

brooklnite has it right. If you want people to react to the article... JHB Dec 2017 #16

The inequalities found in public school have nothing to do with private school...they have to do Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #17

You don't manage inequality by forcing parents to send their kids to bad schools with the idea that Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #21

Where are the schools the article describes? Sophia4 Dec 2017 #9

Where they replace public schools, yes. meadowlander Dec 2017 #11

This is the United States. No parent should be forced to send their kids to school anywhere. Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #18

Yes, "the United States".... CanSocDem Dec 2017 #22

I won't argue with that ...but we need to make education a priority. And any party that advocates Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #23

There is no method to improve bad schools that will work meadowlander Dec 2017 #40

My kids come before ideology Loki Liesmith Dec 2017 #29

They already are in almost every state. meadowlander Dec 2017 #37

There are many reasons a kid might go to private school crazycatlady Dec 2017 #28

Only because we have gutted our public schools. meadowlander Dec 2017 #38

I was that kid that was bullied crazycatlady Dec 2017 #41

Screw that. My little girl was bullied Codeine Dec 2017 #35

horseshit nt Dreamer Tatum Dec 2017 #42

Blanket statements r bad dembotoz Dec 2017 #12

The faith-based private schools are immoral IMO. They churn out lots of self-righteous spoiled brats Doodley Dec 2017 #13

No. Especially if you are assuming that all private schools are the same PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #14

That is exactly it...Private schools are not 'immoral'. Public school are inadequate often Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #19

We spend over $600 billion a year on education Calista241 Dec 2017 #36

No. Next question? Loki Liesmith Dec 2017 #27

nope Joe941 Dec 2017 #30

I worked in a small suburban school district just over the line from Detroit. GreenEyedLefty Dec 2017 #31

I agree and would argue that yours is one of the top posts on this thread. Caliman73 Dec 2017 #39

I went to a non religious all black private school in the 70's NYC SummerSnow Dec 2017 #32

The issue is integration not private and public aikoaiko Dec 2017 #43