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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm getting really tired of posters making a huge point about how they value "diversity" and then in the VERY next sentence go on and on how there is a large enough high SES peer cohort at their diverse school with 20%-50% [b]so their kids don't need to mix with the low income kids[/b]. This comes up constantly here.

What is the point of choosing a diverse school if you don't want your kids be friends and mix into classes with the low SES kids?

If you were only seeking a cheaper house in a more affordable area and then were pleasantly surprised that your kids got to avoid the poor kids in school, well then OK, at least own it. Don't go on about wanting diversity and in the next breath contradict yourself. [/quote]

No one is saying the bolded, OP.  That's your inference.

Here's the thing: when people claim that schools with, say, high FARMS rates are sh*tty and horrible and afford no one a good education, those of us with kids in such schools respond, actually, that's not true, in part because there's a cohort of kids, FARMS or not, who are in AP/IB/choose your accelerated class.  *You* choose to interpret that as saying that we don't want our kids associating with the poor kids.  Why would I want my kids to avoid the poor kids?

My guess is that posters like you are projecting their own avoidance of poor kids (which isn't okay, even when you're open about it).  And then you're telling people to "own it"?  Please.[/quote]

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