This is definitely true and the reality of my upbringing. My public school was often mocked by the other richer school districts.

I was often talked down upon due to my school district being so bad. Looking back it definitely was bad hahaha.

BlokchainB

What's obvious to you is factually incorrect. Ask a realtor about whether school quality matters to parents. Wealthy parents choose wealthy neighborhoods where their kids go to school with other wealthy kids.

My dad taught at a poor school. All the kids there were from poor families. All the rich kids went to a different school.

> My main point is wealthy parents don't understand the value of their children interacting with poor people.

That may be true, but they don't want that for their kids and they pay to avoid it.

If you put your kid in public school, it's going to interact with poor families. If you homeschool it, it's not. I'm sorry but that's just really obvious to me, given my experience. I guess that's where we'll agree to disagree.

My main point is wealthy parents don't understand the value of their children interacting with poor people.

lrm_btc

Another false distinction. Wealthy parents go out of their way to live in catchment areas with other rich parents, specifically to curate who their kids interact with.

Government schools are not even a little bit random. They are for the families that live around them.

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Another false distinction. Wealthy parents go out of their way to live in catchment areas with other rich parents, specifically to curate who their kids interact with.

Government schools are not even a little bit random. They are for the families that live around them.