{"id":1365,"date":"2010-01-29T10:10:44","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T16:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"1702425529"},"modified":"2010-01-29T10:10:44","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T16:10:44","slug":"stop-sending-your-kids-to-private-schools-and-expensive-colleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/stop-sending-your-kids-to-private-schools-and-expensive-colleges\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Sending Your Kids to Private Schools and Expensive Colleges"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I was discussing with a bunch of men the other day that there are certain private schools in our city (Nashville) that cost over $20-25,000 for a year in their high school. They are definitely prestigious names; places where you\u2019ll rub shoulders with the blue-bloods of our state. And if you can afford it, if for you $20-25,000 is pocket-change, then I say go for it. But here is what I\u2019ve discovered; a dirty little secret that no one wants you to know: the education is simply not worth it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah, I said it. I\u2019m bold enough to admit it, and I dare anyone to challenge it. It just simply isn\u2019t worth it. I\u2019ve seen too much evidence over the years. I\u2019ve lived in Nashville over twenty years and dealt with those who have gone to public school, Christian school and private school.\u00a0 And what I\u2019ve found is that the education itself really doesn\u2019t differentiate much. That\u2019s why I\u2019m a big advocate for public school education<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve put my money where my mouth is on this one. All three of my daughters graduated from public school here in Nashville. They\u2019ve all gone to state universities. And guess what, they\u2019ve all got quality education by really good people.<\/p>\n

Yeah, in public school there are a lot of buffoons, a lot of people who are burnt-out and don\u2019t need to be there. But guess what, they are also in private school and you\u2019re paying $15-20-25-30,000 for it! And here\u2019s the problem: too many families are going into debt to send their kids to private schools <\/strong>and private Christian schools. What do you think you\u2019re guaranteeing? Absolutely nothing.<\/p>\n

Here is the point. Send your kids to a good public school and engage in their lives<\/strong>. Be their mentor<\/em>, be their model<\/em>, and be their motivator<\/em>.\u00a0 You cannot hire someone to educate your children for you. If you\u2019re not a reader, you\u2019re not a leader. If you\u2019re not a teacher, you\u2019re not an influencer. Just because you\u2019re a parent doesn\u2019t mean you automatically have influence and sway over your children. Sending them to a private school, letting them rub shoulders with others may in your mind give them a leg up. But my experience teaches me it does not.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve seen way too many young kids who have $60-70,000 of college debt working for $1,000 a month with no prospect of anything better. I\u2019ve seen graduates of Vanderbilt and elite schools of our town working in restaurants waiting on other people who are making more money, living more of life, more fulfilled, more impactful, and they went to a state school.<\/p>\n

Wake up. This education is not worth it. It gives us the false sense that our children are getting a leg up on life when the truth is, it takes a mom and a dad together, loving each other, loving their kids, totally engaged, excited, prayerfully, carefully teaching, instructing, leading, challenging, and guiding your children for them to be a success. You can\u2019t pay someone to do for you what has been given by God to you <\/strong>as a responsibility and the highest honor you\u2019ll ever achieve.<\/p>\n

Of all the things I have achieved in my life, the books I\u2019ve written, the places I\u2019ve spoken, the degrees I\u2019ve earned, nothing is higher on the mountain of achievement for me than being able to woo, wow, and win the heart of a good woman and to have three amazing daughters who are now women themselves. Let\u2019s stop asking other people to do for us what is not just our job, but our joy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was discussing with a bunch of men the other day that there are certain private schools in our city (Nashville) that cost over $20-25,000 for a year in their high school. They are definitely prestigious names; places where you\u2019ll rub shoulders with the blue-bloods of our state. And if you can afford it, if … Continue reading “Stop Sending Your Kids to Private Schools and Expensive Colleges”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"series":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1365"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}