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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think overall it's true that the wealthier you are, the more you complain or have higher expectations.  It also depends on how you grew up. I went to a crap HS in CA, and MCPS is leagues better than most of CA school districts.  But, even though my HS was crap, we did have AP classes,  and several people went on to upper tier universities. There were some really smart kids there. So, as a PP stated, just work hard, and you'll be fine.[/quote]

I kind of feel this way, too.  My hs was also not some great intellectual powerhouse.  We read very few books. No AP classes at all. (In fact I'd never heard of AP until I went to college.)  I did go to an Ivy, though. We are pretty well off with a HHI of around $275 and our kids go to school in the DCC area. I wouldn't say their education is perfect - it makes me crazy they don't learn enough grammar and don't read as much as I'd like and at the same time I think there's too much emphasis on homework in the early grades.  But it's good in other ways, we make them take foreign languages to get the grammar, and they get a lot of exposure to ideas, reading, and music at home that I think makes up for some of the deficits at school.[/quote]

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