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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"13th grade/year" is an expression used by people who want to disparage state schools that are popular among students.  They usually use that term because their kids didn't get in and they have a huge chip on their shoulder that they just can't shake.  No matter that these schools are all large and there is next to zero chance of randomly running into someone from high school.

In other words, it's a form of face-saving.  Disparaging the school(s) that didn't accept your kids.  Very typical for DCUM.  [/quote]

Maybe this but it could also be a way to poke at those that seem to remain within the same bubble that they grew up in. All this talk about diversity but there is something to geographic diversity as well.[/quote]

35+ years ago, my HS class of 460 had about 75% going to college.  I think there were ~5 of us that left the state.  Everyone else stayed in state and still lives in state, most within 20 mins of their family home growing up.  The 5 of us have lived all over the USA and just come back to visit[/quote]

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