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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t have any answers on the question of unfair advantages but I cringe a little at the gray area that seems to be growing around this debate.

Is getting your kid a tutor akin to hiring someone to take the SAT on your kids’ behalf?  Because the OP’s argument seems to be implying that by lumping everything into the “unfair advantage” category.

Don’t get me wrong, there are always inherent advantages that come with “privilege.”  It has been that way since the beginning of time.  I think the problem is actually that we allowed any of this to be seen as a meritocracy in a lot of ways.  But I wonder when the slippery slope comes in?  My kid gets lots of “advantages” in that I read to each of them every night, we eat dinner as a family, and I got off the ladder in my job to take a position with much more flexibility.  Those are all advantages to my kids, for sure.  Also, we are a while family who are third generation college graduates who send our kids to private school.  We generally don’t rely on  public transportation and have a yard to play in.  All of that is a direct result of our privilege.  Is that wrong?  It certainly feels unfair if you are sitting in public housing trying to figure a way out.

I don’t have an answer.  I know I don’t want to end up saying that all these actions are indistinguishable.  There is certainly a difference between what went on in the cheating scandal and what most of us do on behalf of our kids.  At the same time, I think we have to be careful that we don’t walk down a road that leads us to saying that any time dedicated or effort made on behalf of our kids is unfair.

Just food for thought.

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None of the things uou list are the result of your privileges. They are the result of someone’s hard work and making smart choices [/quote]

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