[RedThunderBird]

Originally Posted by tripods68

I take offense on this ignorant comment. We don't live in the south either. Maybe you should learn other culture first before SPEWING your own GARBAGE. How about try to learn other parts of the world/cultures of less fortunate countries like in the South East Asia (third world countries like the Philippines or Indonesia), where majority of public schools system are substandard, inadequate, hardly comparable to US public system. In these countries, only private schools are "most" preferred. Parents there work triple jobs to afford private schooling. That's how my parents tried to put us through, growing up in the Philippines.

When we moved to the US, my sister and I spent the rest of our schooling in the public setting (middle through high school). Certainly one that I have great deal of fond memories.

Now that I am married we want our kids to experience what my parents couldn't afford to do with us. At early on, DW and I made a commitment to send our two kids to Catholic school. DW and I catholics and we want our children to have a deeper understanding and appreciation of god. Our whole finances are geared towards supporting that commitment. Both of our children go to Catholic school today. And by the way, this school is heavily geared towards math and science, not just religion.

It isn't set in stone, of course, our situation could change at any time. But as long our budget allows it and our kids continue to enjoy their school, they will stay in that setting. While at the same time, we won't hesitate to send our kids to public school either.

Do you still think we are racist for sending our kids to private school?

I agree with you totally ------