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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can we move the private vs public to the private school forum?

Op, can you tell me about your school days?
At my lower middle class public the teachers treated us like dirt, some were nice when they felt like it. Some were very good, some mediocre. Despite the bad rep of my school, I never had a bad teacher, even though according to news chicago is now full of them.
Some kids had to work while in school to help the family get by, some others who would have become wild did not because they could not afford the booze.

Are the rich kids a close community? Do they rate each other by family wealth? Are they naive? Is the "old boys club" a myth?
Do you also have dysfunctional families and absent parents? Do the kids also get drunk, except with more expensive booze?

Do you think you had a priveledged upbringing? Lots of happy memories?[/quote]

Not the OP, but went to a top-notch PK-12 in another state so I feel like I can answer...

Yes, our community was tight.  I went to school with the same kids (except for those who left for boarding school) from age 4-18.

No, we didn't rate each other by wealth.  There was a lot of really old money at my school and wealth wasn't always obvious.

"Old boys club" is not a myth.  It was alive and well in our community.

Yes, we had both dysfunctional and absent parents.

We definitely got drunk- the booze wasn't necessarily more expensive.  There was a little pot- I never did it or saw it at parties and there were no other drugs that I knew of.

For what it's worth, my children attend a Title 1 public school here in the DC area by choice.  [/quote]

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