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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sure there are discipline problems with high SES families, but not the same. And yes, some of their parents work hard, but they have tutors and nannies and summer camps and opportunities the kids that live in low income housing along columbia pike will never have As kids. Unbelievably different world, the fact that you would compare the two situations shows unreal ignorance of the reality of living in poverty and how it impacts behavior, goals and academic achievement.

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Just wrong -- and I'm not hiding my head in the sand.  Poverty does create a lot of obstacles.  If we all look a few generations back in our own families, I doubt we all were living in N. Arlington luxury and attending Harvard from time immemorial.  People worked hard.  Far harder than today.  They persevered.  They got lucky and got a mentor or some other break.  And they rose out of poverty.  It happens today.

The discussion here assumes that all our poor little N Arlington snowflakes will melt if they're educated in a diverse school.  I've asked the question on other threads and really never gotten an answer:  What do you think going to a mostly white high SES high school will guarantee for your child?  What won't s/he learn -- and be forever crippled in the job market and in life -- if s/he's in a more diverse school?  I work as a lawyer in a demanding position -- my colleagues come from very different walks of life and many grew up with far less than I had.  Yet here we all are, doing the same intellectually demanding, rewarding, and well-remunerated work.[/quote]

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