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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I'm not sure why you're asking teachers specifically,[/b] since these aspects of wealth seem more tied to personal identity than to education. Most people may have more stuff than when we grew up, but there are still obvious disparities. It's a lot cheaper to go to Rehoboth for the weekend than to go to a tropical beach resort for the week. Will the difference affect educational outcomes? Most certainly not. But will kids talk about who went where? Yes.[/quote]

I just got curious about it after reading a post on the real estate board from a person asking which school district they should buy in because they can't afford to go skiing over spring break and don't want their kids to feel left out if that's what all the other kids are doing. Like, that's her literal concern about what school district to buy in.

Am I crazy for thinking that's crazy? Who would know or care? [/quote]

Having been the poor kid, yes, people know, and yes, people care.   I was fortunate that it was decades ago, before social media, and only at the beginning of designer labels culture.  But yea, I remember my friends having things I didn’t, being told my house was “so cute” because it was tiny compared to theirs.  There’s nothing wrong with wanting to go to school with people with similar SES.  [/quote]

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