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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm from Pittsburgh. Alderdice high school is in squirrel hill and is the best city school a kid can go to. Her parents might live there because it's the "Jewish neighborhood"or they might live there to get her into a school that should have prepped her for college. There is NO WAY a school like Allderdice, who sends loads of kids to ivy's every year, didn't tell her that she needs lots of extra-curriculars, etc.

I don't like to pick on a 17 year old, but I agree that it was very poorly written. The shot at muslims and gays, even IF she was trying be farcical, was not written well enough to give any hint of tongue in cheek.

As a native Pgher, I can tell you that this type of class warfare, where people TRULY believe they won't get into college because they're not black or hispanic, who think quotas are the reason they're not President, is rampant. The class warfare is INSANE and it is built into the culture of that city; odd because even the working class folks come across as sourly conservative on immigration issues, etc. They truly do think the black people, native americans "foreigners" and especially the Asians / Indians are coming to take their ..

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+1 Allderdice, '92[/quote]

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