> Maybe in big cities the public schools are more stratified by class and race, but in the small town I was from, basically everyone went to the same school. T

> Maybe in big cities the public schools are more stratified by class and race, but in the small town I was from, basically everyone went to the same school. There are also private and magnet schools. You can end up spending most of your time in classes where the majority of students have a shot at Ivies.