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But what benefit is a diverse school to the wealthy? How did my presence benefit the rich kids?[/quote]

Rich kids who went to school with non-rich kids, in my belief (but I don't have data for this), are less likely to assume that:

1. Everybody (or at least everybody who matters) has all the advantages they have;
2. They are not actually rich, because there are people who are richer than they are;
3. Rich people are rich because they are more hard-working and intelligent than non-rich people;
4. Poor people are smelly, lazy, and distasteful.

People who do not assume these things are better human beings than people who do assume these things. And if being a better human being isn't a benefit, what is?[/quote]

Rich people are more intelligent and hard-working than non-rich people in this area.   Sorry you haven't figured that out yet.[/quote]

I don't believe that affluent people are harder working than poorer people.  I do think they have skills which the job market values more highly. I also think that generally these marketable skills correlate with intelligence.  So, you're probably half right.[/quote]

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