Reply to spin-off! What is so awful about attending school with exclusively upper middle class kids?

Forum Index » Schools and Education General Discussion

Reply to "spin-off! What is so awful about attending school with exclusively upper middle class kids?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven't read the entire thread from start to finish so I apologize if I'm repeating anything already discussed.

Sounds like some rich parents want their kids to go to school with less fortunate kids so that their kids will see how blessed they are, get some perspective, a reality dose, etc. Those are very lofty goals. I'm standing on the other side of this equation, as the parent of a less fortunate child who goes to school with the rich kids. I can't afford to dress her in name brand clothing, in fact, a lot of her clothing has holes and tears in it, as I'm stretching them out over 2-3 years. Some days, I go without eating so she can eat. Every once in a while, neither of us has any food to eat. We don't take a vacation at Easter break to the Bahamas. She won't get a car for her 16th birthday, etc., etc.

So has her presence in this school populated by the children of wealthy increased their awareness as so many of you assume it will *automatically* do? I doubt it. She gets teased, made fun of and put down. Our conclusion: rich people are mean and we'll be leaving as soon as we can. And the rich will probably breathe a sigh of relief as they won't have us around to remind them how "blessed" they are.[/quote]

I have children of both sexes and girls are worse than boys.   Leadership, sports, intellect, wit, character are all qualities more valued and while some stick with their prep rich kids others do not.   Some parents aren't happy that friendships form outside of familial social climbing efforts -- I was told by a parent of a friend of DS's that she wanted him with certain kids and was upset that he wasn't invited to X events/movies/hang-outs.   Hw was with my DS and others instead.   That is in high school so it never stops.   there also is social  exclusion from parental volunteering.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics