Reply #34: I went to private school through high school...

[mike923]

and i'm a big supporter of it. My folks were poor, but scrapped by enough to send me to a Catholic school through grade school. I wanted to go to school with my friends, and that meant going to the Catholic high school, but there wasn't any way for my family to send my and my brothers and sister. The tuition alone for all of us would have been more than my folks earned annually. Thankfully, the administration set up a deal where each of the kids in my family could pay $50 per month to cover our tuition. That meant we got paper routes, and worked at the local supermarket. Paying my own way gave each of us a new prospective on our education, as it became something we owned.

By the time i got to college, at a Big Ten school, the head start i had because of my private education was easy to see. The simple ability to write clearly, allowed an average student like myself, to stay on the Dean's list. Thus, graduating on time, and having multiple job offers waiting for me, were the result. I credit all of this to the education i received in grade school and high school.

I hope one day to send my kids to a private school. It gives them a real advantage.