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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So with this reasoning if I send my kid to a school with many economically disadvantaged students with low parent involvement, my kid should be able to perform very well academically, because the competition is not strong. [/quote]
But then he or she will get to college and fail.[/quote]

That's not true....I went to Kennedy and we had a huge variety of students from different backgrounds and with different abilities.  There was a core group of students who did really well - most likely due to our parents' education and background.  We had each other as competition but very little competition from a large portion of the school.  Yet we all managed to be successful in college and graduate school.  Many doctors, Ph.D's, lawyers...  Like previous poster said about selection bias - this was because of our parents' characteristics, not the schools'. [/quote]

As a parent you don't get to choose whether your child ends up in that "core group" or the potheads. You do get to choose what school they go to. How can lack of competition be viewed as a good thing? The value of an education is not class placement it is preparation for life. What good is graduating top of your class if your cohort is full of morons? I'm the first to admit unchecked capitalism is not the best way to run an economy, but without competition you have communism.[/quote]

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