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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I honestly don’t get why the OP is being mocked. Everyone wants the best for their kids, but what “best” looks like isn’t the same for everyone. It’s really not that hard to respect their choice. Would you seriously mock someone for choosing organic food over junk food for their kids?[/quote]

I would mock somebody who equated Ivies to organic food and state flagships to junk food.[/quote]

Sure, but that doesn’t mean people can’t have a different view from you. For some, state schools are the final option—just like junk food, right?[/quote]

No.  Junk food is predatory loan tech schools.  State schools, even sub-flagship, do a great job of educating if the students are willing and able.  Most of my good high school teachers were from below flagship level state schools.  Most of my kids' best teachers and administrators are from the #2 big state school in a different state.  I have quite a few co-workers from a particular local university that people outside the state do not know of that hold their own (and get paid as much or more than) people from fancier schools.

I'm afraid, PP, that your life experience is too limited.  And that's why you've constructed a faulty analogy.[/quote]

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