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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh, OP. You’ve never been poor, have you? 
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Do you think most strivers have been poor?[/quote]

They know class levels are not fixed in stone.[/quote]

Everyone's situation is different, but in all likelihood if you come from a [b]well-connected[/b], educated family, then you are going to land on your feet no matter what comes. The people who need to worry about maximizing all of their educational outcomes are those who don't have generational wealth and automatic standing, especially those who are from historically marginalized groups. Your average UMC white male is almost certainly not going to slip into poverty because his parents didn't push him to get into an Ivy. And there are a lot of downsides to the striver mindset as well . . . a focus on meritocracy rather than communitarianism, a sense of superiority and entitlement, an inability to work with people of all backgrounds, etc. Maybe your kid will wind up slightly richer than they would have otherwise, but also less kind and empathetic, and driven by the same anxiety that made you prioritize what you did. [/quote]

We are not. I'm not upset that other people are, but the reality is that we aren't. And Ivy? Have you read the College forum lately? All this is do my kid can be prepared to go to our local college.
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