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Yes, child cruelty. If you put a kid of the lower middle class in an elitist environment and expect him to wear hand me downs with pride, that's cruel. If you are poor I would say go for it, there is no room for pretending. You want to better your life and this could be your golden opportunity. For kids with middle class backgrounds I know many cases where the kids took it the hard way.

It's like going to a Goldman interview with a suit from Kohl's. [/quote]

So you want to condemn LMC kids to substandard education?  Because that is what you are saying here.  Dh and I both went to substandard schools AND we were the poor kids at these schools. Dh had shoes from walgreens and was teased for them, I had similar experiences.  It sucks being the poor kid wherever you are - and the public schools that are providing a great education are not full of LMC kids - they are full of UMC kids.  I can't imagine what kind of schools dh and I would have gone to where we fit in financially, because our schools were already bad.  Dh was one of 5 kids (5!) who actually enrolled in college after high school.

When you are actually poor, it sucks, and you are going to feel like you stand out wherever you go.   But the idea that the poor kids won't be sticking out a public high school is ridiculous.  Unless you think all the poor kids should just be sent to the really bad schools.

Having been a poor kid in crappy schools, I will sacrifice to send my kid to good schools.  Whether that is about renting or buying a house in an expensive neighborhood or living wherever we can so we can afford private school, we will.  It sucks to be poor, but to just condemn smart kids to substandard schools so that they don't feel bad that they are poor?  NO.  Being poor sucks wherever you are. 
  
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