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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are definitely happier being in the dark because when you see someone who has on paper the same exact life as you except for you pay twice as much as them for the same schools tuition it’s frustrating. [/quote]
“On paper”. You don’t know what their expenses are, if they are supporting elderly parents or have medical costs or are paying off college loans - all things the Clarity app asks about, just as a few examples.

People are judging without actually knowing. Again, if it ticks you off - ask for aid, stop donating, earmark your donations, or switch schools, but mind your own business. [/quote]

College loans are a choice. So is supporting family.  You should not be asking for aid if you have a high income and assists and you choose high expenses or debt.  [/quote]

Wow. So because somebody supports their elderly mom, or has a very sick family member, or took out a loan at 25 so they could go to CC and state school while working (that's my DH), their kid shouldn't attend private school even though FA is available. Because they live in a house nicer than yours.

Basically, you think only two kinds of people should be at private school: people with your exact background, and people who "seem poor enough" that everyone will know they're different from you and only there because you donated. 
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You realize many of you face tuff situations.  We had to support and take care of an elderly parent for 10 years.  I literally had to care for her and quit my job as we could not afford help, all along with a special needs child and another serious issue going on plus my own health issues.  And, yet, we pay our own way.  We live in a small shack that you'd never even enter.  We drive cars till they die (we share a car now), grocery shop at Walmart, and I cannot remember when we took a vacation last - maybe 8 years ago and the last one was a business trip that we used free credit card points for flights so flights, hotel and meal for one was free.  Still have serious health issues.[/quote]

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