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[quote=Anonymous]As a high SES person with kids of color, this site and many of these highly sought after DC schools are tough to handle. Many people here assume their kids are being pulled down by kids like mine because we dont live on the hill or in ward 2. (Sorry, We dont wear our ivy league degrees on our shoulders.) Schools use achievements of kids like mine to show off their "success" in closing the gap when in reality, my kids would be achieving without their help. I sometimes wish the school would publish some of the test scores from families like mine... so you can see a lot of us "lottery" folks have kids that blow the roof off your kids' test scores."

If you don't think most people can figure out the difference between skin color and SES, then I feel sorry for you.

In any event, I don't believe all low SES kids are capable of achieving.  Some can. Others are gifted, and probably not having their talents recognized. But there is too much lead exposure, fetal alcohol syndrome, and other issues that impact brain development at much higher rates than higher SES kids. Schools can fix some elements of being disadvantaged, such as through Head Start, but schools can fix physical damage to brains.

Note, I'm not referring to AA kids. This can be true for kids of any skin colors, depending on their circumstances. [/quote]

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