typewithrhythm 5 days ago

Average people aim to provide a good a start for their kids as possible; average aims to avoid public school if possible. You now only have a set of people defined by behaviour or ability too poor for private, parents who don't care, or ones with no options...

Basically it's opting out of being around the dregs

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  • cratermoon 4 days ago

    Am I correct in reading this as you saying poor people and the ones with no options are "dregs"?

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    • aurareturn 3 days ago

      I'm not sure what your point is. All parents want to send their kids to the best schools. They buy expensive real estate for this reason. There is a very clear, unspoken reason why parents want to avoid poor areas for schools.

      SF has a lottery system. This means all kids in the city are mixed. Unfortunately, my experience was absolutely horrible for learning.

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resonious 4 days ago

If the average student is a bully, disruptive, and disrespectful to teachers then I think I might actually opt out of being around average people if possible.

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cyberax 4 days ago

And what's so bad about it? Mind you, it's not just 'being around', but "being stuck with them for 30% of your life for years in a situation out of your control".

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Meekro 3 days ago

Average people are cool. We're trying to opt out of being around the bottom 10%.

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