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Will Smith Buys School for His Kids

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Look at what you started Oprah!

When you make millions of dollars a movie and you want a good education for your children, what do you do? Buy a school.

Will Smith proves that parents really "just don't understand."

Our friends over at NPR News & Notes say the man in black threw down $889,000 to lease a California high school for his two young children.

Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, have been home schooling their brood until now. According to People ...

"We started home-schooling our children probably six years ago," he said. "We found about eight or nine other parents that home-school, so we put them together. ... There's just very powerful educational concepts that we believe in, and we feel like 'I want to design the system that revolutionizes public education.' "

Hey, who can blame him? Have you ever met a parent who is thrilled with their child's public school system?

But really Will, private schools in Cali' not good enough?


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    In this image released by Overbrook Entertainment, Orson Salazar with his wife Spanish actress Paz Vega, Samantha Clarke with her husband the actor Jason Clarke, American actor Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith at the Cannes party for the film "Human Contract" during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Saturday, May 17, 2008. The production had Will Smith as the executive producer and was written and directed by Jada Pinkett Smith. (AP Photo/Overbrook Entertainment, Theodore Wood)

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    Actor Will Smith and his children onstage during Nickelodeon's 2008 Kids' Choice Awards held at the Pauley Pavilion on March 29, 2008 in Westwood, California..Nickelodeon's 2008 Kids' Choice Awards - Show.The Pauley Pavilion.Los Angeles, CA United States.March 29, 2008.Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com..To license this image (15685173), contact WireImage.com

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    Actor Will Smith and his children onstage during Nickelodeon's 2008 Kids' Choice Awards held at the Pauley Pavilion on March 29, 2008 in Westwood, California..Nickelodeon's 2008 Kids' Choice Awards - Show.The Pauley Pavilion.Los Angeles, CA United States.March 29, 2008.Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com..To license this image (15685172), contact WireImage.com

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    Singer Chris Brown, actor Will Smith, and guests arrives on the red carpet at Nickelodeon's 2008 Kids' Choice Awards held at the Pauley Pavilion on March 29, 2008 in Westwood, California..Nickelodeon's 2008 Kids' Choice Awards - Red Carpet.Los Angeles, CA United States.March 29, 2008.Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com..To license this image (15685120), contact WireImage.com

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    Singer Chris Brown, actor Will Smith, and guests arrives on the red carpet at Nickelodeon's 2008 Kids' Choice Awards held at the Pauley Pavilion on March 29, 2008 in Westwood, California..Nickelodeon's 2008 Kids' Choice Awards - Red Carpet.Los Angeles, CA United States.March 29, 2008.Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com..To license this image (15685119), contact WireImage.com

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    Actor Will Smith with his children onstage during Nickelodeon's 2008 Kids' Choice Awards held at the Pauley Pavilion on March 29, 2008 in Westwood, California..Nickelodeon's 2008 Kids' Choice Awards - Show.The Pauley Pavilion.Los Angeles, CA United States.March 29, 2008.Photo by John Shearer/WireImage.com..To license this image (15685082), contact WireImage.com

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    Actor Will Smith with his children onstage during Nickelodeon's 2008 Kids' Choice Awards held at the Pauley Pavilion on March 29, 2008 in Westwood, California..Nickelodeon's 2008 Kids' Choice Awards - Show.The Pauley Pavilion.Los Angeles, CA United States.March 29, 2008.Photo by John Shearer/WireImage.com..To license this image (15685081), contact WireImage.com

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    Actor Will Smith onstage during Nickelodeon's 2008 Kids' Choice Awards held at the Pauley Pavilion on March 29, 2008 in Westwood, California..Nickelodeon's 2008 Kids' Choice Awards - Show.The Pauley Pavilion.Los Angeles, CA United States.March 29, 2008.Photo by John Shearer/WireImage.com..To license this image (15685078), contact WireImage.com

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    Actor Will Smith onstage during Nickelodeon's 2008 Kids' Choice Awards held at the Pauley Pavilion on March 29, 2008 in Westwood, California..Nickelodeon's 2008 Kids' Choice Awards - Show.The Pauley Pavilion.Los Angeles, CA United States.March 29, 2008.Photo by John Shearer/WireImage.com..To license this image (15685077), contact WireImage.com

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    Actors Will Smith and Jaden Smith, Musician Wolfgang Van Halen and Singer A.J. Michalka arrive at Nickelodeon's 2008 Kids' Choice Awards held at the Pauley Pavilion on March 29, 2008 in Westwood, California..Nickelodeon's 2008 Kids' Choice Awards - Arrivals.Los Angeles, CA United States.March 29, 2008.Photo by Steve Granitz/WireImage.com..To license this image (15685076), contact WireImage.com

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