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May need to watch this before discussing equity.

My dd had a similar activity and was told she was privileged for having two married parents and there always being food on the table. That’s not privileged! There should be basic things that parents provide for their kids.

I think schools should meet kids where they are. I hope that the very smartest are being provided with the classes and support they need too. We need the next generation of entrepreneurs, doctors, scientists and top engineers. Instead we have a dumbed down curriculum where no one is learning well.

You highlighted something very important here.

Of course there are things that parents SHOULD provide for their kids. But the reality is that half of American marriages end in divorce. It is a privilege to have two married parents - and as a child, that privilege is not one that you do anything to earn.

Parents should have their child's education and enrichment as a primary focus. But the reality is that many American parents have to be far more concerned with their family's physical and financial security. Many of them have to work multiple jobs in order to make ends meet. So having parents who have the means to send you to enrichment activities or to transport you to and from those is a privilege - and as a child, that privilege is not one that you do anything to earn.

It is not a child's fault if they have parents who, for whatever reason, cannot provide or choose not to provide the supports that you do. We do not operate within a caste system in America, and the public school system exists for the purpose of educating children of ALL backgrounds to be positive contributors to society. There are plenty of other opportunities for you to use your resources to purchase "extras" for your kids without expecting the taxpayers to do it for you.

Exactly. Children don’t get to pick their families and resources available to them.

Some are born with boundless opportunities and resources. Others, not so much.

[b]and that is exactly the definition of privilege.[/b]

AND . . . this is why Virginia went red.  The great 20th century (failed) communist experience started with this philosophy.  "From each according to his ability and to each according to his need."  But human nature doesn't work like that and most people understand that.  The progressives would have a lot more support if they stopped castigating people for being "privileged" and focused on achieving broad social goods that could be accessed by everyone---regardless of ability or need.  Things like universal pre-k, paid parental leave, full funded government health care.  That is what the western European democracies have done---generally successfully.
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