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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]FA recipient here. The worst part is having to be around all of the insufferable big law parents. You are a boring lot and your bratty entitled kids really aren't that smart.[/quote]

Look, I completely agree with you about the boring BigLaw parents whose kids are only moderately bright in many cases.  Our school is full of them (and kids of real estate developers.  Lots of S class Mercedes, not a one is a mental giant).

But what is rich here is that you wouldn't be in your school without these men.  You owe your child's ability to attend, let's say, GDS or NCS, to the equity partners at Covington. Who pull in $1 million a year and give annual gifts of $10 - $50,000 to your school.   (I am none of the above and even I can clearly see this common dynamic).

Does that uplift you or bother you, FA parent?  Before you answer, think of your in-bound school.[/quote]

How much of that $50,000 goes to FA and how much goes to bells and whistles.  When I looked at private schools for my child, I saw so many things that no child needs.  Art studios with multi story windows, and indoor swimming pools, and 4 different playgrounds, and little cottages for kindergarteners, and golf courses for high schoolers.  None of those things have anything to do with the quality of education.  I have trouble believing that the only reason tuition is so high is because of the FA families.[/quote]

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