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I don't understand how your question follows from the post above, but I was the one who mentioned our net worth and if you followed the thread -- or even just that post -- it was very clear.  I mentioned it in response to a poster who said that our approach to child rearing was "making virtue out of necessity".  I mentioned our net worth to prove that if we wanted to pay $50k a year for private school or $10k per summer for summer camps or $200 a month for violin/lacrosse/ice skating lessons we could -- if that was what was important to us![/quote]

I am the poster who was fortunate enough to have the pleasure of music and figure skating training.  From the viewpoint of a child, I am grateful my parents did not think like you.  I cherish my years at the piano and on the ice. I love the feeling of freedom and expression you get out of mastering this.  You aren't providing this for your children. That's fine.  The thing is this: you aren't better than anyone who is. You aren't superior. Certainly not to my parents. Camping and climbing trees mean nothing to me.  You are pretending that you are a better parent because you avoid activities that cost money.  And you aren't. Not at all.[/quote]

I come from a state where winters were long and ice skating was nowhere near $200 a month. The school offered flute amd clarinet lessons for very little too.
I got the same as you but without the price tag. I suspect your private school was also not as good as the public I attended

But I do not have the superiority complex[/quote]
I doubt very much you got the same as me because the sort of skating instruction I got did not depend on the weather. Outdoor skating, meh. Bad for the blades. (They are expensive, you know. ) We trained indoors.

Also, if you think the sort of music instruction you get in public school is remotely comparable to actual specialized, rigorous music schools, then it tells me you are simply not familiar with that system. You honestly aren't.  It has nothing in common with clarinet lessons at a public school.

I did go to a public school, though. Not sure why you made up the story of a private school.  You like making stuff up to bolster your argument - I noticed that when you try to slip in things like "pushy parents" and "only moderately like", without any basis.

Of course you don't have a superiority complex.  Why would you?[/quote]

You are such a horrific snob and you just have no idea how obnoxious you are. I truly hope I never come across you in real life.  Wow! Almost hard to believe you aren't a troll, but then again this is DCUM.[/quote]

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