My daughter went to private schools,all her life.The "elite" boarding school she went to,in Mass.,was worth EVERY penny!The day school she went to,in Chicago( the same one Nancy Reagan went to,BTW)wasn't worth the money.
I don't mean to trash all elite private schools. Not by a long shot. On average, private education in this country is far superior to public education, and I often find myself wishing that this country had never developed a "commitment" to public education. I went to one of the top 2 private school's in my state, and I believe it was the best money my parents ever spent on my behalf.
I just don't like the one's that use bogus teaching methods and coddle the children. This only makes them grow up to be self-centered and intellectually lazy. Consequently, my beef is with the fashionable, pie-in-the-sky private schools which have tried their best to eliminate discipline and competiveness from education.