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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If money were no object, I would move to a place with great public schools I didn’t have to Lotto to get into.

The social effects of exposure to the “great facilities” at such a young age are not what I want for my kid.[/quote]

Would you mind elaborating on the social effects of great facilities.[/quote]

Entitlement. Distance from the lived experience of most age peers. Inability to navigate, or discomfort when navigating, circumstances that do not meet physical plant expectations and attendant social norms. Lack of comprehension of the vast and growing gap between the ultra-rich and everyone else in the US.

I teach college students, so I’ve seen all of these coming through. I was in college myself when I first met a kid whose parents bought a major work of modern art (and by “major” I mean Matisse) for each kid’s birth. I would rather my kid not encounter that until a similar age.[/quote]

I tend to agree. I work with someone who went to a prestigious private school in the DC area.   I am amazed how ignorant she can be at times. One time, she decided that she didn't want to go to a restaurant because she saw on yelp that most of the patrons were black. [/quote]

I went to a prestigious private school.  I would never think that much less say that.  (I'm white and I'm assuming she is, too).  So because of one narrow-minded person you think all private school people are the same?  Do you seriously not see how you are doing the exact same thing you criticize other people for doing?  (STEREOTYPING?!?)[/quote]

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