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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You know what's NOT a myth? TC has an on-site day care for apprize 100 babies / toddlers for HS parents, they drop their kiddos and scoot on to school.  It sends the wrong message, IMHO, that it's okay to have children that early.  That's the population that is closer to jail than Yale[/quote]

Huh? No, it sends exactly the right message: that even if you have a child in your teens, which presumably none of us thinks is a good idea, you can and should stay in school and your school can and should support you in continuing your education.

And yes, actually, I do think it is good for upper middle class white kids to understand that they are really f-ing lucky, and that not everyone in the world is an upper middle class white kid. It is good for them to understand that many kids their age are struggling with extraordinary burdens: first generation immigrants; non-English speakers; kids with completely checked out parents, kids who must work while in school to help support their parents and siblings, and even kids struggling to continue their educations after they themselves have had kids. If my kids come out of TC with an appreciation of how fortunate they are and how very un-level life's playing field is, I'll be grateful.

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