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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We were very poor when I was growing up.  Couldn't buy food poor.  My parents sent me to private starting in sixth grade.  Carried a lot of guilt for a long time over sacrifices they made.  Way beyond not buying nice things.  Not buying any things full stop.  Some financial aid but we also paid.  Why do it?  I went to college.  A "real" one not a community college for a year.  I was the first. I went to graduate school.  I ended up having a professional and a career.  My kids feel safe and are happy.  They know a little bit about music and art and travel.  They know nothing about the anxiety of the price rising on Mac and cheese.  Five for a dollar when I was young.  I try to teach them to be good citizens of the world.  I try to put them in a position to give back. I think [b]my parents did private for me because it opened doors public couldn't. [/b] Because it can really catapult kids.  It can literally be a walk through the looking glass experience in terms of life experience and opportunity. That isn't the be all and end all.  But it gave them home.  Like putting me on a raft in a turbulent ocean. Still carry the burden though of the sacrifice it required. [/quote]

Plenty of poor public school kids end up entering the middle class.[/quote]

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