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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]St. Pat's is incredibly wealthy to the point where even though most don't try to flaunt their wealth, it's just unavoidable. But, for the most part, people are fairly low-key.

As far as social climbing, I honestly have no idea what people are talking about. Lots of families there are already fairly established. I admit there are a few, but the rest seem fairly secure.

Aside from the usual parents on the infamous Dexter St and that surrounding neighborhood, the rest of the parents are friendly enough. I am of color and UMC parent, I never had too many problems. [b]The worse was that I was mistaken as a cook, but that family is known to be terrible and luckily my daughter has moved on to other friends.[/b]

I have gotten that from white people that are well below my class level and I don't assume that the parents at St. Pat's are immune to it. [/quote]

Oh my goodness.[/quote]

I have no idea why this would shock you. This is pretty much a common occurrence in the POC world. I don't really let it bother me because there's nothing wrong about being a cook. Also, it's also a character flaw to treat people differently because of their occupation. I might correct them, but eventually they will figure it out and have to deal with awkwardness. [/quote]

Yup.  I'm a Latina parent (kids attend another school -- not St. Pat's or NPS) and am frequently mistaken for "the nanny".  One parent told my husband (who is Swedish and German by descent) that I was very attentive and loving with the kids  I'm going to ask her for a letter of recommendation.  [/quote]

Hahaha, I get that all the time also. And they think my caucasian nanny is the parent![/quote]

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