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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't have a dog in this fight (yet), but I think it's safe to say that a majority of kids attending Whitman are not pompous ingrates that are oblivious to reality. Sure there are some, but most are being raised by[b] parents that are somewhat intelligent, who are sitting in high-paying jobs and hold advanced degrees. These parents have instilled in their children a sense of what's right and wrong [/b]and pushed critical thinking and rocking the boat over a sheep mentality.  It is much more likely that these kids purposely tanked the test as a protest/statement against this kind of testing that public school kids are so often forced to endure. And even if they tanked it for more selfish reasons -- i.e. they were told it wouldn't effect their college admissions -- unless the school made it clear to them (in real/digestible terms) why doing well on the test was good for their school and community you can't blame them for not wanting to focus their energy on something they saw held no value for them or their future. [/quote]

What a classist load of bull.  Parents in high paying jobs with advanced degrees instilled their children with a sense of right and wrong?

I've heard from people who work restaurants and retail in MoCo and the wealthy white children are some of the most entitled and overbearing kids they've ever met.  They have everything handed to them on a silver platter and have no appreciation of what hard work really is.  They have no manners, they tip poorly, and have a huge sense of entitlement.  Far from being taught right from wrong.

Additionally that type of parent creates the Ogulcan Atakoglu (River Road murderer) and George Huguely IV of the world.

I can understand thinking that they teach the kids the value of a good education, but right and wrong?  While there are many who do teach their kids right from wrong, I think that percentage-wise, the rich white parents from areas like Bethesda and Chevy Chase have a lower percentage of parents who actually teach their children right from wrong vs middle and UMC white families.[/quote]

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