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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 2038439" data-attributes="member: 99">In no way am I disputing the validity of your anecdote.  But to me there still seems to be one big difference (at least as it applies to the place that I live):  If you send your child to private school then you send them to whatever school you like that, in your opinion as a parent, best serves their educational needs.  If your child attends public school then the county tells you where your child will be going.  If you want, for any reason, to change this, then you have to submit an application to them to let you change schools and they are not in any way compelled to give you what you ask for.  In fact they actively discourage this because "if they did this for everyone who asks then there would be chaos".Imagine if the state ran the dry-cleaning industry and told you where your designated dry-cleaner was.  Imagine if they designated that your dry-cleaner was way across town.  Imagine that they designated a dry-cleaner that did a mediocre job.  Imagine that you had to apply for an exception if you wished to switch to a different dry-cleaner that was more convenient or did a better job.I can't quite wrap my brain around why most people would be outraged if their choice of dry-cleaner was dictated in this way but they're just find with it being applied to their child's education.</blockquote>