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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote][b]This is pure rationalization for the only significant implication:  your children are not smart enough and can't keep up with first generation immigrants.[/b]  Rather than admit this and give credit for preseverance and hard work, you prefer to find fault in favor of your children's new genius at not making the mark/bar.  You downplay TJ, MIT, Stanford and the Ivies in favor of the State schools in favor of less debt somehow ignoring the fact theat many students have less debt at these schools than the State schools.  It's ok not to come in first place.  it's ok to go to the local high school for general ed and it's ok to go to your state college.  You don't have to spend inordinate amount of bytes defending this if it's your only alternative in a competitive landscape.  [b]Your children are not losers for this.  Don't worry.[/b][/quote]
Gee thanks, I [i]was[/i] worried what some anonymous voice on the internet thought of my kids' genius at not making the mark and lack of perseverance and hard work.  I'm curious, though.  What does that make the kids of pressuring parents like you who spend their childhood reaching for your bar and come up short?  Where are the pictures on the prep school sites of the kids who invested hours doing their best but didn't get into TJ?  What do their parents think, now that they face a life track no better than your average AP kid?  Disappointment? Shame?  Would you grace [i]them[/i] with your title of "loser"?  The silver lining of all this is that your grandkids won't be "first generation immigrants" and  will benefit from perspective that clearly eludes you. [/quote]

WOAH!  Can't we just acknowledge that different people want different things?  [/quote]
Platitudes have a short shelf life on DCUM.  You'll have to be more specific about what you mean by "things".[/quote]

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