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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Aw, poor generic privileged white kids.[/quote]

There isn’t anything generic about these children.  You, on the other hand, are as basic as could be.[/quote]
How are they not generic?  What do they bring to the table that others don’t?  Good SAT scores?  A laundry list of extracurricular?  Generic.[/quote]

Mostly the size of the pool, right?

Within their cohort, they are generic.

Compared to your kids, they are extraordinary.[/quote]

Big 3 parents, ladies and gentlemen!
- Big3 grad going public largely because the environment consists of people like this [/quote]

yeah - because there's no one like this at a wealthy public school in this area.   :roll: [/quote]

If you don't think the kids and parents at these privates are beyond elitist, I have no words.  [/quote]

not saying that parents at private schools in this area aren't elitist, just that it's not limited to these private schools.  go to Whitman/Churchill/Langley and take a look at those parents.  you're going to say with a straight face that THESE 1% parents aren't elitist?

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I go to one of those publics listed, and have never heard anyone say anything resembling "Compared to your kids, they are extraordinary."  It seems to me that if you are rich enough to be a 1%er and choose a public school over a private one, you are making a statement that you don't think your kids are so special that they need something better than what the decent large local school can provide. [/quote]

If you think what's designed for the public isn't good enough for your kid, you're much more likely to have that mentality than the average public school parent, even if they're wealthy.[/quote]

spare me your self-righteous preaching.

To 99% of the country, you are the elite.  Stop pretending that you're not because you want to clutch your pearls.

And if you don't think you've heard the phrase 'compared to your kids, they are extraordinary' at your school it's probably because you use a different formulation of the phrase like "I can't believe X got in, they're so much less qualified then my kid, it must have been because they were a [___________]".  I'm sure you'll trot that one out if your kid doesn't get in to some school and you're looking for someone to blame.

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