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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Or is increasing rigor actually quite difficult and/or expensive for a school to implement? Or perhaps parents would pushback if their children suddenly had a lot more homework and nightly studying and As were much tougher to earn?[/quote]

Americans are so cute.

They actually think schools’ stature comes mostly from teaching and students’ work, and not from the students that get admitted, their preparation, their socialization, their peers, and their class.

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Americans also believe people who work hard are rewarded with success in life.  Again, cute and naive.  Hard work is often important; more important is luck and inherited wealth.[/quote]

:roll: [/quote]

This PP is pointing out a very salient fact. Many private schools - especially the ‘elite’ in this area - are class-based. They are too expensive and too little interested in true diversity to be merit-based. And the traditional populations of these schools prefer it that way.[/quote]

This is absolutely true.[/quote]

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