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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Answer:  In the early formative educational years choosing a private school with exclusively upper middle class kids would deprive my children of the true competitive landscape (academic and intellectual, creative, social and athletic) found in bigger and more diverse ponds.

I prefer early vaccination (exposure and immunization) for my children with this broad experience for life's long haul rather than raising them in a bubble environment.  This approach, as in my upbringing, will make my children my resilient for life's unexpected turns and curve balls in the long run.

This is the approach I prefer to adopt rather than throwing them into the unrealistic coccoon of an elite private school from Pre-K through middle school.

After early immunization I believe many kids are well prepared (intellectually, socially, emotional and physically) to re-enter some of these elite establishments in high school and/or college to witness and gain exposure to how some of their "entitled" and non-immunized brethen think, behave and act -- also a very useful experience for life's long haul.[/quote]

On the other hand, since our area tends to have a disproportionate number of black and hispanic poor children compared to the world I believe that view is also less broad and a little slanted. My kids have a very multicultural group of friend but don't see any coorelation to wealth. To them all kids are pretty much the same and ethnic background does not come into play.

Also, I am not sure what more your kids are learning because they are still in a coccoon just a different one. What specific experience are they getting that other kids don't get?

I am also a little confused about the lack of exposure to people outside of school. How about family, church, community centers, sports and neighborhood?[/quote]

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