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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Those of us in the middle income brackets are hard-working, consider education extremely important, and don't tolerate drug use or excessive spending. That viewpoint would be lacking at most private schools.[/quote]
I find this comment unfair and inaccurate. I can assure you 99+% of parents with kids at private school work hard, consider education extremely important, don't tolerate drug use, and don't favor excessive spending (nor can we afford it after paying tuition!).  You should get to know some of us better before you cast judgments like these.

Indeed, at my house, we work really hard and avoid excessive spending precisely so we can save the money needed to get our children the best education we can, and we'd be really horrified if our children wasted any of our effort by engaging in drug use. [/quote]

The originally quoted comment was judgmental, quite negative, and definitely not totally accurate.  However, there is a lot of money floating around (for example, kids who organize a last minute trip to the Rockies to take advantage of a snow day before a weekend) that can given an unrealistic view of what is "normal" in terms of income/assets/spending.  The cultural effect of being around that kind of wealth is something to consider.  However, the academic work ethic is quite good and I don't think there's widespread tolerance of drug use, etc.  (although private school parents more worried about "how will this affect John's college application" than the underlying fact that he got stoned before school do exist).[/quote]

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