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Alma Mater Matters

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What’s the value of a specific school education?  I’ve talked about the elite (public) New York City high schools .  But, many of the kids who go to those schools are not much different from the kids who went to Brooklyn Poly with me.  They (and I) arose from the lower middle class; nowadays, this means they probably may lack a home computer or a home internet connection, both of which are the benefits that accrue when one is from the middle or upper classes.   And, that doesn’t even include the ability to go to the college of their choice- where the price of tuition may be just one reach too far.

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