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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Great question OP. As someone who came to the US as an adult, this desire to go out of one's way to surround one's kids with those who are less fortunate is the most puzzling thing about this board.

I want my kids to grow into high functioning empowered adults. The best way to attempt this is to surround them with smart, hardworking kids from well-functioning families and get them used to interacting and competing with them, both in academics and on the sports field. Sure, it will be  important for them to learn that the world is full of all kinds of people, but that they will learn from travel and interacting with friends from different activities and camps. If I can give them successful role models, why should I go out of my way to show them "average."  They can find that anywhere.[/quote]

Someone here also not from the US and this is also my reaction. I went to a truly economically diverse school - lost of kids that were on welfare and lots of kids that were from wealthy families (kid of top plastic surgeon, internationally renowed engineer) and some in between. Friendship were driven by economic status and then a lot of pressure to conform within each group. In fact I think there was more pressure to have the right stuff from the right store since that determined your status in each group. There was so much about my experience that was truly awful that I really want my daughter to go to school with other kids that are similar in socioeconomic status but diverse in life experiences, interesting and interested in the world. At my daughters school (an elite private in DC) there are many parents that are shockingly wealthy but their main focus is on the education of their child and on good behaviour. For example the tooth fairy brings a dollar. My friend opted for the local private school and finds several parents to be "showy" about how wealthy they are, and the tooth fairy brings $20. [/quote]

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