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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to private. For the kids who had rich parents, it provided them with a similar SES social group. For us poorer, LMC kids, it provided us with a better education (except for stem) and almost a monastic existence devoted only to studying. [/quote]
Did you gain anything from your proximity to children of the wealthy? Or was the effect negative?[/quote]

The positive effects were that most fellow students planned to go to college or trade school, so having education and career goals was normalized. More attention from the teachers with smaller classes, and more diverse classes with Asian and South east Asian students, but black students weren't allowed "unofficially" at that time, which was in the 1990s! (Not in DC.) And, I really didn't have any time to get in trouble-I was on a bus or in class with no off campus time from 7:30 am to 4:00pm. The school was too far away for my parents to take me back for activities or pick me up. Ended up reading a lot for enjoyment, learned how to make dinner and, to my parents' horror, became introverted and independent at an earlier age than they expected.

I learned that the rich are different--they have more money; some of my fellow alums are good people and are now well educated and successful in their own right, but most have inherited their daddy's businesses and are still complete jerks.

If my parents had been better at navigating the public education system, I could have received the same sort of benefit from advanced academic programs, participated in more social activities, had a greater selection of classes and not been ignored by fellow students in school. If you didn't have enough money and did not excel in sports, you were simply not given any attention, so we had our own poor kid groups. [/quote]

Are you from a minority group PP?[/quote]

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