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There's absolutely nothing hypocritical about being concerned with inequality on one hand, and refusing to throw your children to the wolves on the other. I'm

There's absolutely nothing hypocritical about being concerned with inequality on one hand, and refusing to throw your children to the wolves on the other. I'm very much disgusted by the difference in opportunity a poor kid has in a bad neighborhood versus a rich kid who get's sent to the best private schools. Education should NOT depend on one's socioeconomic status. But I don't insist that the parent with means should sacrifice their children to shitty schools to somehow "make up for it". For some reason that totally escapes me, many people in America are opposed to voucher programs and other ways for concerned and involved parents to send their children to any school other than the shitty designated public school. If you live in a certain geographic area, you're doomed to whatever school has claimed it. I just don't get it. At the end of the day, I will do whatever I can for my children, even if it doesn't fit with some social justice framework.

dominotw 11y ago
As the original article says the difference is not in the opportunity. Successful parents impart a culture of success in their kids. Culture is not something separate from us, it is us, it is our actions/decisions that we take every minute of our life. No amount of govt funding can make up for "culture of success" that a rich/middle class kid experiences. Throwing money at the problem is never the right solution in situations like these.
- comex 11y ago
  What do you even mean? A personalized so-called "culture of success" cannot be substituted for by factors such as better teachers, more advanced classes, a higher proportion of peers with the same culture and the resulting increased social value placed on academic success, material resources, etc., but that doesn't mean they don't matter. Ideally you want both.

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There's absolutely nothing hypocritical about being concerned with inequality on one hand, and refusing to throw your children to the wolves on the other. I'm

by function_seven 11y ago

dominotw 11y ago
As the original article says the difference is not in the opportunity. Successful parents impart a culture of success in their kids. Culture is not something separate from us, it is us, it is our actions/decisions that we take every minute of our life. No amount of govt funding can make up for "culture of success" that a rich/middle class kid experiences. Throwing money at the problem is never the right solution in situations like these.
- comex 11y ago
  What do you even mean? A personalized so-called "culture of success" cannot be substituted for by factors such as better teachers, more advanced classes, a higher proportion of peers with the same culture and the resulting increased social value placed on academic success, material resources, etc., but that doesn't mean they don't matter. Ideally you want both.