I dont understand how Krugman can say that private and for profit education is a nightmare and a rip off? While the majority of the  "elites" send their kids to private schools.,(reply>), Roman Brichka apologies. Think of it this way. You say that the best schools that elites send their children too are private. Let’s say that’s true and call those schools 10/10. Let’s say the best public schools are only an 8/10. However, most private schools are worse than most public schools. We could suppose that the averages are 4/10 for private and 6/10 for public. It makes sense then to say 1. the best private schools are better than the best public schools and 2. private schools are worse than public schools in general. Your comment is a statement of the first premise, Krugnan’s is a statement of the second. I was trying to point out the fact that there is no logical inconsistency between those premises,(reply>), I understand the concept of averages very well. You might need to brush up on it. If you wanted to describe something as average, "best" and "shit" wouldn't be the words you'd use.<br><br>No need to get so worked up about. I pointed out an inconsistency. Maybe next time review your statement and clarify it. If its still on point, show me how I misunderstood it.,(reply>), Roman Brichka do you really not understand the concept of an average?,(reply>), @Travis Long Your last sentence doesn't make any sense. Something cant best best and shit at the same time.,(reply>), Roman Brichka I don’t really know enough about it but it doesn’t seem that those two facts contradict each other at all. It could very well be the case that the best schools are private even though most private schools are shit and public education is better on average