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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I earned a PhD from Johns Hopkins after graduating from my Ivy.  Had a great time in college. Seldom felt like I was behind the curve academically.

My[b] outdoorsy, hippie parents (former Peace Corps volunteers) [/b]were hostile to TV, so my siblings and I read a great deal.  My siblings went to Harvard. My brother tutored me in math. We did a lot of hiking/backpacking, took music lessons at school and played in a regional orchestra, worked as youth sports referees and lifeguards, served on student government, did readings at our church etc. to build confidence. [b] Our HS pals mostly came from working-class families, yet went on to Yale, Georgetown, MIT etc.[/b]  We had many terrific AP teachers, mostly close to retirement.  My college pals were mostly on boatloads of fi aid themselves.

I don't want my children in private school with droves of white and UMC or rich classmates.  I don't mind tutoring them in APS, and neither does my spouse (Stanford grad from low-income immigrant family).

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Ah I see you, your parents chose to live a life of hippie poverty, they were educated and fairly accomplished to make it to Peace Corp.

My working class classmates mostly went to local community college (1/3), military (1/4), or worked as local trades or at factory in town (1/3).  That remainder of 9% went to mostly state universities, and 1 Ivy (me), and 1 to Wake Forest.  Where the heck did you have a working class neighborhood with that high caliber education?  I'm guess this is New England?[/quote]

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