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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do understand the resentment others feel because so many families, like you, think FA is a right.  But, why stop at thinking your child deserves the same education that others receive?  Why not go to a Mercedes dealer and ask for a discount because other DCs are “afforded” one.  Why not go to a realtor and ask for a discount on a house because other DCs are “afforded” a large house?  Good public education is a right. Private education is not a right.  The reason why we are "afforded" the education is because we can afford it.
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You clearly do not understand the history of America.  People in American very rarely are able to move up the social structure - it is a myth.  Why would you stand in the way of someone trying to better themselves.  I hope we are not neighbors b/c I would never want to live near anyone as uneducated as you.

My dad has a 6th grade education.  He is 91, black and born in a rural part of VA.  He busted his ass to send me to college and now I am a lawyer.  I don't have any generational wealth.  I have enormous student loans.  I've never had anything given to me and or any family to help me.  Even if my dad could have gone to college, he would not have been able to go to any state universities.  They didn't accept black people.  Therefore, I would not have even had the advantage of getting into college based on my parents attending.  That means that even though I have a college education, I certainly do not have the advantages that many people on this list serv have.

I doubt that you have the same story.  You don't know what the story is for people who apply for financial aid.  In addition, just be happy that you are not poor.  [/quote]

There is a warped sense of entitlement to this post.  Your story, as admirable and as sad (wrt your father) as it is does not *entitle* you to financial aid. 
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Not PP but if the school offers her Financial Aid then Yees, she is entitled to it. Again, be upset at the schools.[/quote]

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