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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a common complaint made in novels written by former Ivy Leaguers. So the perception that true middle class kids struggle a bit socially when surrounded by many with extreme wealth must have some basis in reality.[/quote] Do you mean like F. Scott Fitzgerald? Because now it's more like the kids from "extreme wealth" are surrounded by middle and upper middle class kids (and have to adjust to the fact that the latter typically work harder and are more ambitious than they are).[/quote] When he was a teen Fitzgerald was sent away to Newman School, a prestigious Catholic prep school in Hackensack, New Jersey. So it wasn't like he was some poor rube from the Mid West when he landed at Princeton. He was one of those whiny sorta rich kids who lacked the self awareness of his privilege because he was in proximity of rich rich kids.[/quote]
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