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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People who assume urban schools will make it easier for you to work more easily with a range of people ignore most urban schools are not really diverse places. They are filled with poorer kids who have very little exposure to genuine socio economic diversity. Your average suburban high school will have greater diversity.

But in terms of really intermingling all classes, nothing can beat a small town high school where all kids go to the same one high school, whether the doctors' kids or trailer park kids.

As for the thread topic, there are too many nuances to public and private schools. Your typical urban school is as much a bubble as a rich private school, just in a different way. [/quote]
This is kind of true, but disagree with the small town aspect where, even though you have people from different classes, the culture is generally the same.

I went to a suburban HS but it was majority minority and had a high lower income and immigrant student body.

I went to a public univ that was mostly white, and it was eye opening.

I worked with all kinds of people throughout my career.

I think it helps that I am from an immigrant family, and I came here as a child.  I've learned to code switch all my life.[/quote]

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