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[quote=Anonymous]The idea that upper middle-class parents send their kids to elite private schools solely on the basis of perceived advantages in the college application process is so clueless as to be funny. Especially in the midst of a pandemic during which public schools were, in the best of cases, just treading water, and in the worst, doing real damage to their students. Rich parents send their kids to these schools for the small classes, the attention and care given to their children, the quality of the faculty, and, last not least, to be at some remove from the perceived middle-class striving that dominates the best publics. Never underestimate the role snobbery plays in these calculations. I mean, do we really think people whose entire lives are organized around their exclusive belonging to a particular social layer will consider letting their kids mingle and compete directly with kids at meat-grinder top public schools? That's not how this works. [/quote]
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