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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]the day WF is on par with WL/YT is the day this boundary tinkering can finally stop for good, not a second sooner.[/quote]

Yes. But I despair of that happening when many people in certain odd zip codes talk about their property values rather than social justice (and let's be clear, this is not about property values plummeting, just about how fast they'll rise).[/quote]

Maybe there are those people.  But accusing everyone in that zip code, or the "north" in general, of racism and other sundry defects is a great way to force otherwise sympathetic people into an "us vs them" mindset.[/quote]

I think it's unmasking the us vs them mindset, in which members of a certain zip code (and no one is saying all members, even if that's what people hear) operate from the assumption that they're entitled to everything they have, and more, and maybe they will do a little something for other members of their community who have fewer advantages. Not because studies show that it's better for kids with lots of advantages to be in close contact with kids with fewer (even though that's true), but because clinging to what you've got and demanding more makes you a terrible person.

And if you need strokes and congratulations to step up and share with your fellow Arlingtonians, if you're upset because someone said something that you think was a reference to you and it hurt your feelings, if you're going to act like a greedy douche unless people ask nicely, get over yourself.

Sorry. That came out wrong. I meant "Your hair looks pretty and you've worked for everything you have."[/quote]

What a clown. Social justice?!!!  Garbage. The resources expended in that school on those kids are tremendous.  They should be pissed at you for assuming that they could only succeed if some more affluent kids walk by them in the halls. It's up to the individual to succeed.  I don't see it as my kid's responsibility to raise up some disadvantaged kids's prospects.  Where are their parents?? The benefits don't come from walking by each other in the hall, possibly the classroom, but where, they likely won't be together except for PE!  That opportunity passed by years ago.

I'm assuming your kids will attend Wakefield, even if zoned elsewhere?  I doubt it given the paltry stats the County provided for transfers to Wakefield. Social justice, only if it's shouldered by someone else's kids, and then you all feel better that someone was forced to do the dirty work. Talk about selfish, many posters here are phonies. [/quote]

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