Where Private Schools Fall Short

by Chris Bodenner

TNC is deciding whether to enroll his son in a public or private school:

The problem with all of this is that, despite my own experience, I've always been committed to public schools, and I believe in them for many of the reasons I outlined above. Public school put me in contact with kids who were a lot different than me, and forced me to learn to relate. It taught me how to navigate other worlds, and appreciate vocabulary that wasn't particularly native to me. At my middle school, you couldn't erect a wall between yourself and the kids from the projects. You had to learn to cope.

As someone who attended six very different public schools growing up, I could not say it better.