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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our children attend Bradley Hills and we have been very pleased with the education and general experience overall.  The one downside is that they is very limited SES diversity so our kids are getting a skewed view of the world.

If you have any specific questions don't hesitate to ask.[/quote]

No one is getting a skewed view of the world because they are not living side by side with poverty.[/quote]

Is anybody getting a skewed view of the world because everybody that they know is wealthy?[/quote]

I grew up in a town where pretty much everyone was wealthy & attended a K-8 school there with a 0% FARMS rate & , yes, it can result in a pretty skewed  perfection of reality in many ways. Attending a more economically diverse high school helped pull me out of that skewed reality but I have friends who entered college having always attended school with other wealthy kids & many of them were shocked, for example, to find out that not everyone's parents gave them spending money every month or paid for them to go on spring break. One of my friends actually thought her family was middle class even though they flew first class internationally & stayed in luxury hotels on  a regular basis. Another friend thought it was unfair that she didn't get financial aid because, after all, her parents [i]had[/i] to put 4 kids through private boarding school. [/quote]

Well I can agree that living with your head up your backside will give you a skewed view of life. If you read and travel then less so.[/quote]

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