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Anonymous wrote:Rich people don't know that meritocracy is a myth.

I know a lot of very smart, very hardworking young people who will never achieve as much as they deserve to, and many wealthy and entitled young people who will be given jobs just for breathing and occupying space.

This times one million!

Rich people have zero idea how easy they have it in most aspects of life.

You just described white privilege too.

All of this. I’m white and I didn’t grow up poor but I also did not grow up rich like the kids and now adults that I’m surrounded by where i live in Bethesda. I’m fortunate that my parents worked hard and made sacrifices for our family, and that I got to go to college (with loans) and post-grad (with loans). At first I didn’t understand why all these people send their kids to private school when we have crazy good public schools, and then I realized it’s (for most people I know, I realize there are exceptions so sorry to generalize) just one way of paving the golden road for these kids. Surround yourself with other rich kids with rich parents and already you’ve built a network where people will just hand you stuff based on your rich people network and social status. Also one of my friends that grew up around here asked me where my family’s vacation home is like, of course everyone has one. She also just couldn’t relate to the fact that I had a job starting at age 13 (not including all the babysittting I did before that) and also worked, not vacationed, during the summers.

Look at the US presidents that use private schools instead of public for their children and yet are against the school voucher program....

Presidents do not have the choice of where to live.

No, they don't...so what exactly is the problem with using the public schools there, then? Many people using the public schools there also don't exactly have several choices in housing and use the public schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Rich people don't know that meritocracy is a myth.

I know a lot of very smart, very hardworking young people who will never achieve as much as they deserve to, and many wealthy and entitled young people who will be given jobs just for breathing and occupying space.

This times one million!

Rich people have zero idea how easy they have it in most aspects of life.

You just described white privilege too.

All of this. I’m white and I didn’t grow up poor but I also did not grow up rich like the kids and now adults that I’m surrounded by where i live in Bethesda. I’m fortunate that my parents worked hard and made sacrifices for our family, and that I got to go to college (with loans) and post-grad (with loans). At first I didn’t understand why all these people send their kids to private school when we have crazy good public schools, and then I realized it’s (for most people I know, I realize there are exceptions so sorry to generalize) just one way of paving the golden road for these kids. Surround yourself with other rich kids with rich parents and already you’ve built a network where people will just hand you stuff based on your rich people network and social status. Also one of my friends that grew up around here asked me where my family’s vacation home is like, of course everyone has one. She also just couldn’t relate to the fact that I had a job starting at age 13 (not including all the babysittting I did before that) and also worked, not vacationed, during the summers.

Look at the US presidents that use private schools instead of public for their children and yet are against the school voucher program....

Presidents do not have the choice of where to live.

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Anonymous wrote:Rich people don't know that it's difficult to eat well and healthily if you live in a food desert.

I HATE phrases like 'food desert'. People have feet.

So a single mom with kids is supposed to walk to the store (how many miles?). Does she use a stroller to push her kids or does she strap them to her back/front and have those 4+ walk? Because once she loads up on all that healthy, fresh food, she is “using her feet” to lug food and kids back to her home. The ignorance of this post is exactly the point.

I push three kids in a stroller 2 miles for groceries and tuck the groceries into the rack and a backpack

And I am sure that it is uphill both ways!

No. It is pretty flat. I walk from the edge of Ballston to Trader Joe's and Whole Foods in Clarendon. Many areas in the Metro area do not require pushing strollers uphill. Are food deserts only in hilly areas?

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Anonymous wrote:Rich people don't know that meritocracy is a myth.

I know a lot of very smart, very hardworking young people who will never achieve as much as they deserve to, and many wealthy and entitled young people who will be given jobs just for breathing and occupying space.

This times one million!

Rich people have zero idea how easy they have it in most aspects of life.

You just described white privilege too.

All of this. I’m white and I didn’t grow up poor but I also did not grow up rich like the kids and now adults that I’m surrounded by where i live in Bethesda. I’m fortunate that my parents worked hard and made sacrifices for our family, and that I got to go to college (with loans) and post-grad (with loans). At first I didn’t understand why all these people send their kids to private school when we have crazy good public schools, and then I realized it’s (for most people I know, I realize there are exceptions so sorry to generalize) just one way of paving the golden road for these kids. Surround yourself with other rich kids with rich parents and already you’ve built a network where people will just hand you stuff based on your rich people network and social status. Also one of my friends that grew up around here asked me where my family’s vacation home is like, of course everyone has one. She also just couldn’t relate to the fact that I had a job starting at age 13 (not including all the babysittting I did before that) and also worked, not vacationed, during the summers.

Look at the US presidents that use private schools instead of public for their children and yet are against the school voucher program....

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Anonymous wrote:Rich people don't know that meritocracy is a myth.

I know a lot of very smart, very hardworking young people who will never achieve as much as they deserve to, and many wealthy and entitled young people who will be given jobs just for breathing and occupying space.

This times one million!

Rich people have zero idea how easy they have it in most aspects of life.

You just described white privilege too.

All of this. I’m white and I didn’t grow up poor but I also did not grow up rich like the kids and now adults that I’m surrounded by where i live in Bethesda. I’m fortunate that my parents worked hard and made sacrifices for our family, and that I got to go to college (with loans) and post-grad (with loans). At first I didn’t understand why all these people send their kids to private school when we have crazy good public schools, and then I realized it’s (for most people I know, I realize there are exceptions so sorry to generalize) just one way of paving the golden road for these kids. Surround yourself with other rich kids with rich parents and already you’ve built a network where people will just hand you stuff based on your rich people network and social status. Also one of my friends that grew up around here asked me where my family’s vacation home is like, of course everyone has one. She also just couldn’t relate to the fact that I had a job starting at age 13 (not including all the babysittting I did before that) and also worked, not vacationed, during the summers.

Look at the US presidents that use private schools instead of public for their children and yet are against the school voucher program....

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Anonymous wrote:Rich people don't know that meritocracy is a myth.

I know a lot of very smart, very hardworking young people who will never achieve as much as they deserve to, and many wealthy and entitled young people who will be given jobs just for breathing and occupying space.

This times one million!

Rich people have zero idea how easy they have it in most aspects of life.

You just described white privilege too.

All of this. I’m white and I didn’t grow up poor but I also did not grow up rich like the kids and now adults that I’m surrounded by where i live in Bethesda. I’m fortunate that my parents worked hard and made sacrifices for our family, and that I got to go to college (with loans) and post-grad (with loans). At first I didn’t understand why all these people send their kids to private school when we have crazy good public schools, and then I realized it’s (for most people I know, I realize there are exceptions so sorry to generalize) just one way of paving the golden road for these kids. Surround yourself with other rich kids with rich parents and already you’ve built a network where people will just hand you stuff based on your rich people network and social status. Also one of my friends that grew up around here asked me where my family’s vacation home is like, of course everyone has one. She also just couldn’t relate to the fact that I had a job starting at age 13 (not including all the babysittting I did before that) and also worked, not vacationed, during the summers.

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Anonymous wrote:Rich people don't know that meritocracy is a myth.

I know a lot of very smart, very hardworking young people who will never achieve as much as they deserve to, and many wealthy and entitled young people who will be given jobs just for breathing and occupying space.

This times one million!

Rich people have zero idea how easy they have it in most aspects of life.

You just described white privilege too.

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Anonymous wrote:Rich people don't know that it's difficult to eat well and healthily if you live in a food desert.

I HATE phrases like 'food desert'. People have feet.

So a single mom with kids is supposed to walk to the store (how many miles?). Does she use a stroller to push her kids or does she strap them to her back/front and have those 4+ walk? Because once she loads up on all that healthy, fresh food, she is “using her feet” to lug food and kids back to her home. The ignorance of this post is exactly the point.

I push three kids in a stroller 2 miles for groceries and tuck the groceries into the rack and a backpack

And I am sure that it is uphill both ways!

No. It is pretty flat. I walk from the edge of Ballston to Trader Joe's and Whole Foods in Clarendon. Many areas in the Metro area do not require pushing strollers uphill. Are food deserts only in hilly areas?

I can just imagine you in your Lululemon and your Uppababy running to Whole Foods so that you can get a few more steps on your Fitbit and picking up a few bottles of Kombucha and ingredients for dinner. That is exactly the same as walking out of the core of a city through dangerous areas into an unfamiliar neighborhood to shop at the store that you can't even afford.

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Anonymous wrote:Rich people don't know that it's difficult to eat well and healthily if you live in a food desert.

I HATE phrases like 'food desert'. People have feet.

So a single mom with kids is supposed to walk to the store (how many miles?). Does she use a stroller to push her kids or does she strap them to her back/front and have those 4+ walk? Because once she loads up on all that healthy, fresh food, she is “using her feet” to lug food and kids back to her home. The ignorance of this post is exactly the point.

I push three kids in a stroller 2 miles for groceries and tuck the groceries into the rack and a backpack

And I am sure that it is uphill both ways!

No. It is pretty flat. I walk from the edge of Ballston to Trader Joe's and Whole Foods in Clarendon. Many areas in the Metro area do not require pushing strollers uphill. Are food deserts only in hilly areas?

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Anonymous wrote:Rich people don't know that it's difficult to eat well and healthily if you live in a food desert.

I HATE phrases like 'food desert'. People have feet.

So a single mom with kids is supposed to walk to the store (how many miles?). Does she use a stroller to push her kids or does she strap them to her back/front and have those 4+ walk? Because once she loads up on all that healthy, fresh food, she is “using her feet” to lug food and kids back to her home. The ignorance of this post is exactly the point.

I push three kids in a stroller 2 miles for groceries and tuck the groceries into the rack and a backpack

And I am sure that it is uphill both ways!

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Anonymous wrote:During my senior year at an Ivy, someone told me that America was 40% Jewish and like 5% total black and hispanic.

No they just meant your Ivy was 40% Jewish

Anonymous wrote:During my senior year at an Ivy, someone told me that America was 40% Jewish and like 5% total black and hispanic.

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Anonymous wrote:Rich people don't know that it's difficult to eat well and healthily if you live in a food desert.

I HATE phrases like 'food desert'. People have feet.

So a single mom with kids is supposed to walk to the store (how many miles?). Does she use a stroller to push her kids or does she strap them to her back/front and have those 4+ walk? Because once she loads up on all that healthy, fresh food, she is “using her feet” to lug food and kids back to her home. The ignorance of this post is exactly the point.

I push three kids in a stroller 2 miles for groceries and tuck the groceries into the rack and a backpack

And I am sure that it is uphill both ways!

My 90-year-old grandmother was able to push her cart 1/2 mile to the grocery store and 1/2 mile back. She couldn't take too much, so she went at least 3x a week. She didn't drive and grew up in the Depression. To her, it was just business as usual.