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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is the rub, none of us want our kids to receive an poor education, most of us in fact believe our children are entitled to receive an excellent education and will fight and sacrifice and maneuver and do whatever the hell we can do it.  Most of us that are middle class have numerous resources to do this.  Poor and working class parents of any race do not have  the same social capital, economic resources or experience.   So the not so subtle question is in a school with more of the later group of parents does it weak the opportunities for a a middle class dd.  Ideally it is not a zero sum game, but most of us fear that is once number reach beyond 10-15%.  However that leaves the poor screwed.  So you can just help perpetuate a permanent underclass, advocate for a system that puts lots and I mean lots more resources into these kids and this may affect your DD or maybe you just rant on this board.  The fundamental reality is though that these kids are not going to go away and even the crappy jobs they might have been able to get are going away so I am not sure what they are going to do long term. [/quote]
Are you saying I'm screwing the poor and helping to perpetuate a permanent underclass by not sending my son to a substandard neighborhood school?

I get why you are upset that poor kids get substandard education, we all think it's very sad and all.  But I disagree that I have a responsibility to fix this. And especially that I have a responsibility to fix this by throwing my son into the pool where his educational opportunities will not be at their best.  My responsibility as a parent is to my son.  I don't have any responsibilities to unscrew the poor, or to dismantle the underclass. It just isn't my job. [/quote]

NP.  ITA.  And I thought we were doing well by not moving out of DC and sending our kid to a charter.  It has nothing to do with the poor and underclass - I wish them the best - but will not be subjecting DC to a substandard education in hopes of raising the bar at our crappy neighborhood school.  We'll be going private by 4th or 6th at the latest like the rest of the upper middle class who have inadequate neighborhood schools.  [/quote]

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