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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The irony is, many of us with pell-grant-receiving, brilliant, hardworking children are holding our noses as we watch them apply to these very generous schools -- because we know that if they are were lucky enough to receive an offer, we're not in a position to turn them down.

But we'd much, much prefer them to go to school with middle-class kids at a public institution.

But when we're scraping for groceries and gas, and we know that T20 schools will cost much less than our in-state publics, it's not really a choice.

And to be clear, the reason we don't love the idea of T20s for our kids is encapsulated by the wild entitlement, greed, whining, and lack of gratitude and graciousness in this thread. It genuinely makes my skin crawl.

Nearly two thirds of this country is living paycheck to paycheck. Over sixty percent! You don't think the unwashed masses work as hard as you do? You don't think their kids aren't as smart or smarter?

Deep down you resent it because you know that you deserve none of it. Not because there's anything wrong with you, in particular. But because it's wrong to benefit from a system that makes wage slaves and paupers a feature-not-bug. [/quote]

Well said 👏🏿 [/quote]

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