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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I consider learning about other cultures, and other economic situations, and learning skills for dealing with diverse populations to be an essential part of a good education.

I feel that it's easier for me, as an adult with strong educational credentials, to supplement what my kid is learning academically at home than it is to socially engineer their friendships.

I don't consider seeing people at the grocery store to be all comparable to having someone in your class, seeing them day in and day out, and interacting with them all day.  [/quote]

Agree completely. I am confident my kids will learn academics and I know I can help with that. I cannot manufacture empathy and understanding of people from diverse backgrounds- ethnically, culturally, socioeconomically, etc. We lotteried for a DCPS EOTP title 1 school- no other choices. No plan to leave.[/quote]Agree.  Kids from high SES families do well regardless of where they go to school.  As a person who grew up in a white wealthy small town, it took me years to learn not to be uncomfortable around people from different class and racial backgrounds.  That kept me from living in and exploring parts of cities that "didn't feel safe" because I would be an outsider.  Easier to stay in the upper NW part of DC than to risking going to Anacostia which is actually a nice little neighborhood.  Fortunately that has changed for me and it has been liberating.  I did not want my child to grow up fearful of large swaths of the city like I did.[/quote]

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