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[quote=Anonymous]Did I ever say that my friends were bragging about being the liberal, progressive, non-FARMs peeps among the poor?

never said such a thing

In fact, most don't have a lot of money, but they have just enough money and education to be able to help out their home base schools - WHERE their children attend.  They don't brag about it; they do it to help out their community of which they are a big part.

And while I didn't grow up poor, my extended family did - so poor that it lit fire under their assess to stop the cycle of poverty from continuing on in the States. So while they weren't ashamed of how they grew up, they certainly weren't wallowing in their sorrow once they came here.  In fact, we ALL grew up with money.  I had more than many of my "American" pals.

And no, I'm not living in a community of high-FARMs school either. But I do admire how many of my friends choose to improve their community schools.

b/c w/o my friends and their network of support, these schools would be worse off

You have a chip on your shoulder, PP - a big one.

[quote=Anonymous]No but it make you feel good to believe that since you can't imagine an adult living in a divers world so you must thrush it upon your children.. I was poor growing up so my friends are either poor or doing a little better. My son's best friend is on FARM. My other sons best friend lives in a HUD house in our neighborhood.

My children are the minority on many occasions, big fricken deal. I don't wear it like a badge of honor like the SS people do.

Shallow is as shallow does. You want to slap ME silly, oh silly girl ... where I grew up, a slap ain't shit, you better come with something stronger thAn that.

[quote=Anonymous]You're a joke, PP.

You're not surrounding your kids with ALL types of people.  Your diverse activities probably includes a few minorities who come from upper bracket households.

Try living in a fairly urban setting where your WHITE child is the minority in a high-FARM's school.  Now THAT'S showing that you're not a racist.  My kids are out of school, but I know many, many whites who live that existence - who are not moving out of the area b/c their children are with a handful of whites in their classrooms.

Your last statement is so ironic that it makes me want to slap you silly!

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There is another option though. I believe it is equally important to send my kids to a high-performing school and to have relationships (not go to school) with all kinds of people.  For me personally, it is easier for a [b]school [/b]to educated my kids at a high level and for [b]me [/b]to ensure they have relationships with all kinds of people.

So my kids live in a diverse neighborhood but go to a private school. Also, they are in diverse activities on the weekend/after school.

Also, I would like to add that the 30/30/30 diversity is not diverse in my book. Those 30's need to be broken down. White/Black/Hispanic - [b]can we really be more shallow[/b].[/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote]

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