Anonymous wrote:Pot, meet kettle.

Indeed.

Hey everyone...hold off for an hour while we start cooking for tomorrow (maid didn't show up today)...this is getting fun!

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OP here. We never tell people where we went to school. In the Northeast, people were usually judged on their own accomplishments. We have friends who come from real money (10 figure wealth) who are achievers. DC natives feel like they are snobby because there is such a large poor population. They grew up entitled and keep the same attitude.

The idea that having picked super-rich parents to be born to would justify snobbery...

OP isn't real, its not possible. Have your fun with it, but just know this is a troll.

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Anonymous wrote:Yikes. I truly hope this is a fake. My definition of snobby: Leading with where you went to college and, worse yet, judging others by where they went (second tier, oh no!!!)

I have lived here more than 20 years, and if you are old enough (sadly, I am), your friends will end up accomplishing amazing things. But I can honestly say that I barely know where most of my closest friends went to college (even when they went to H or Y or P or S...I added S because you missed the West Coast...East Coast snobbery to boot!). And I certainly have no clue where they went to high school.

OP here. We never tell people where we went to school. In the Northeast, people were usually judged on their own accomplishments. We have friends who come from real money (10 figure wealth) who are achievers. DC natives feel like they are snobby because there is such a large poor population. They grew up entitled and keep the same attitude.

Ha ha, so your rich friends in the Northeast managed to live in neighborhoods with their other rich friends but those of us who deign to live near poor people have an entitled attitude??!! I'll be sure to discuss that with my neighbors who work as security guards and carpenters and cashiers and the kids in the tutoring program where I volunteer. I didn't know I had such an entitled attitude from living in a working class neighborhood. So nice for your rich friends that they were able to live in wealthy ghettos. Too bad they don't get out more into the real world but if that keeps them "down-to-earth," maybe it's a good idea to protect them from poor people.

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Anonymous wrote:Yikes. I truly hope this is a fake. My definition of snobby: Leading with where you went to college and, worse yet, judging others by where they went (second tier, oh no!!!)

I have lived here more than 20 years, and if you are old enough (sadly, I am), your friends will end up accomplishing amazing things. But I can honestly say that I barely know where most of my closest friends went to college (even when they went to H or Y or P or S...I added S because you missed the West Coast...East Coast snobbery to boot!). And I certainly have no clue where they went to high school.

OP here. We never tell people where we went to school. In the Northeast, people were usually judged on their own accomplishments. We have friends who come from real money (10 figure wealth) who are achievers. DC natives feel like they are snobby because there is such a large poor population. They grew up entitled and keep the same attitude.

Oh you didn't!! Do you even have a self-reflective cell in your brain or are you a troll?

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Anonymous wrote:Crappy colleges?

Second tier or worse?.

Who is snobby?

Check yourself OP. No matter if you choose public or private you are NOT going to make any friends with opinions like these. Gag.

We are not snobby. I actually think most people we knew in the Northeast were down to earth. DC feels like it is full of social climbers.

Oooooo-kay, so you aren't a social climber BUT you ARE a snobby dork lacking any common sense or class.

And/or deeply insecure.

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Anonymous wrote:Yikes. I truly hope this is a fake. My definition of snobby: Leading with where you went to college and, worse yet, judging others by where they went (second tier, oh no!!!)

I have lived here more than 20 years, and if you are old enough (sadly, I am), your friends will end up accomplishing amazing things. But I can honestly say that I barely know where most of my closest friends went to college (even when they went to H or Y or P or S...I added S because you missed the West Coast...East Coast snobbery to boot!). And I certainly have no clue where they went to high school.

OP here. We never tell people where we went to school. In the Northeast, people were usually judged on their own accomplishments. We have friends who come from real money (10 figure wealth) who are achievers. DC natives feel like they are snobby because there is such a large poor population. They grew up entitled and keep the same attitude.

OP, you are asking the wrong people. This board is full of people like the people who you label "snobs."

Your assessment that your household income and university pedigree tops theirs, if there is a comparison to be made, is not wrong. On the other hand, why play that game?

The choice that I have made for my kids (although my HHI is much less than yours) is to get them into a really good public school system. I want them to meet a lot of diverse people from diverse backgrounds and diverse SES. I think that will serve them better than prep school.

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Anonymous wrote:Crappy colleges?

Second tier or worse?.

Who is snobby?

Check yourself OP. No matter if you choose public or private you are NOT going to make any friends with opinions like these. Gag.

We are not snobby. I actually think most people we knew in the Northeast were down to earth. DC feels like it is full of social climbers.

You're just hanging out with the wrong folks. I went to a prestigious school and prestigious college. I'm in education, and KNOW second-tier colleges can give a strong undergraduate experience, at least as strong as HYP, if not stronger, as HYP undergrads are often taught by TAs. But either way, I'm not as concerned about getting a good education at college. I'm worried about student:teacher ratios at elementary and secondary schools. I know the classroom experience makes a difference at younger ages, and I will definitely spend whatever I can to send my kids to private schools if we can manage it.

Stating your HHI when there is no need indicates you have little class. Likewise, stating where you went to school as an indicator of your success also demonstrates you have little class.

Anonymous wrote:I was thinking that HYP was some new acronym for good public schools based on the tone. High-Yield Public?

No, most public school families I know, and private school families for that matter, don't employ such mastery of the humble brag. OP has a very special talent there. I think they teach that at HYP.

Signed, non-HYP Ivy grad (2nd-tier crappy college? Some call it a Top Ivy? You tell me.)

I was thinking that HYP was some new acronym for good public schools based on the tone. High-Yield Public?

Anonymous wrote:Go back north you carpet bagging asshole

Go back north you carpet bagging asshole

Anonymous wrote:Yikes. I truly hope this is a fake. My definition of snobby: Leading with where you went to college and, worse yet, judging others by where they went (second tier, oh no!!!)

I have lived here more than 20 years, and if you are old enough (sadly, I am), your friends will end up accomplishing amazing things. But I can honestly say that I barely know where most of my closest friends went to college (even when they went to H or Y or P or S...I added S because you missed the West Coast...East Coast snobbery to boot!). And I certainly have no clue where they went to high school.

OP here. We never tell people where we went to school. In the Northeast, people were usually judged on their own accomplishments. We have friends who come from real money (10 figure wealth) who are achievers. DC natives feel like they are snobby because there is such a large poor population. They grew up entitled and keep the same attitude.