Peter Flom wrote:
>
> Rich Ulrich wrote
>
> <<<
> So, you are happy with your public school, despite what you
> hear about elsewhere....
> >>>
>
> This appears to be widespread.
>
> My mother was (for a while) head of the New York Alliance for the
> Public Schools. One of the findings is that most people who have kids
> in school think that the school their kid attends is better than most
> public schools.
>
> This is, I think, partly the result of the 'no news is good news'
> phenomenon. Of course, it may also be partly wishful thinking.
No, no, it's a family-size effect (like the fact that most people come
from larger-than-average families). Number of parents associated with
one school correlates inversely with family size which correlates
inversely with individual socioeconomic status which correlates with
neighborhood socioeconomic status which correlates with school
performance, right? So most parents have kids in better-than-average
schools.
<grin, duck, & run>
-Robert Dawson
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