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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From what I've seen at GDS: everyone is friendly with each other at school — but outside of school the really rich kids don't go out of their way to include non rich.[/quote]

That is our experience at one of the top local Catholic girls schools. Everyone is very nice, but one of our DD's rich friends visited our home once years ago and that was that. She was apparently horrified (we don't live in a rat trap or anything, but it's a modest, basic home that needs a little work) and that was that - she seemed to distance herself from DD and went towards a more wealthy group.
I guess the mistake was having someone over to our house. You know, realizing what they have versus where we live.

DD has also gone on trips with other girls to their second homes. We have some people in our family who have a second home but they're shacks. These girls have palatial estates for second homes. It's awkward.

No tiny amount of financial aid changes that. I say tiny because the thousands that we are paying are a huge burden for us whereas their full tuition is nothing to them (we do know people who give many thousands to their big 3 school on top of multiple tuitions). [/quote]

This sounds closer to reality.
No one is saying that the kids are being mean or intentionally excluding anyone.
It's just REALLY hard to connect when there are so many differences in lifestyle. A lot of adults can't do it, and past a certain innocent age, kids have a hard time too. 
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