[actfrench]

I think that most parents make decisions out of fear, rather than what they really think is best. A friend of mine used to work at Noodle and said that they did a study there which showed that most parent's primary reason for choosing an elite private schcool is for their own networking purposes, rather than the quality of their child's education. I have not seen that to be true in the parents I've met who send their kids to private school, but it's still striking.

[buwka]

Schooling, whether private or public, is so universal that there's endless different cases and motivations. The area I grew up in this was definitely a contributing factor. A lot of families sent their children to the same private school, belonged to the same country club, summered in the same places, and attended the same religious organizations. They were all culture aspects that fit together for this particular community. This can quickly lead to people spending their lives only ever in one extremely privileged bubble.