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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess I just worry that it's a cruel, unfair world and I want my kids to have as much of a "good start" as possible. I don't care if they get rich or famous -- i just hope they will be able to live their lives without struggling constantly to make ends meet. I believe there are smart and interesting people everywhere, but I fear that we live in a world that focuses more on brands than quality. So all things being equal I hope they can have that brand name. I won't make them crazy to get that brand: I won't push them into Kumon and Mandarin lessons and what have you-- but yeah, all things being equal, I hope they will do well in the brand-name college game.[/quote]

There's no doubt that it's a cruel, unfair world. And yet, it is rarely so for the children of the 1%. Or, for that matter, for the children of the 5%. I find the hand-wringing about the future of the children of the elite to be pretty unseemly.[/quote]
There are parts of the world where what you do with you life and your time is much more important then the brand of your school. Not here in DC, but in the world at large. I have a friend who grew up in Cambridge,Ma went to a great school for undergrad and then went to Stanford for MA degree. She said the change from the east coast to west was difficult for her at the beginning because when people asks her to tell them about herself, such as in a mtg for a potential roommate situation, she would talk about where she grew up, what school she had gone to, where she had worked, etc essentially her resume without realizing it. It took her a number of times of getting strange looks in response to get that it was such a different norm there, people talk about themselves, their interests, hobbies, travels, lifestyle, etc in terms of who they ARE. Not what they have accomplished as a definition of self. I would cringe if I had a child who saw themself as their résumé.[/quote]

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