A new NYT story looks at one of the nation’s top kindergartens, New York’s Dalton School on the Upper East Side which will cost you a whopping $36,970 a year to send your 4-year old to. Of course admission is very competitive and there’s plenty of people trying to buy their way in…from the piece:
In recent years, Ms. Krents, like many of her counterparts across the city, has been on a mission to diversify Dalton, which has only exacerbated the unfortunate odds and the attendant anxiety. Forty-seven percent of Dalton’s 97 kindergartners this year are members of minority groups, a fact that has upset some families in which a parent attended the school and perhaps donated to its endowment as a kind of down payment on that golden ticket.
“It’s creating resentment in the community,” said one alumna, who has refused to give any more money to the school until her child is accepted. “The whole point of a legacy is that it creates a sense of longevity and community.”
What do you think is this a better education or just a nice status symbol?
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$36,970 a year so my kid can learn how to color in the lines, and spell three letter words…people are getting over.
no, idiot.
$37,000 a year so that your kids are friends with the children of the most rich and powerful people in new york FROM JUMP.
this means that your kid is pipelined to be part and parcel with the rising generation of inherited wealth – and the next generation of 1%ers.
you’re not paying for school – you’re paying for friends (both for your kid and yourself) and likely the most exclusive social circle in New York City and by extension the country/world.
Because all you saw here was about “color in the lines” means that it was over your head. Even if you could afford it – the practical utility of such an expenditure isn’t something you understand how to rationalize.
That’s deep, but true
Word, that was deep anon.
The first Anonymous comment hit the nail on the head. I have a few family members and friends who went to this school (and a few other schools like it in nyc) and are now in or graduated from the top universities in the country i.e Harvard, Yale, etc… because of their early “friendships” made at these schools, these kids are connected to the most powerful people not just in nyc but the world. They will NEVER be jobless because they are able to make a phone call to secure an interview basically anywhere. If they go on to start a business, they have access to the top business leaders in the world to mentor them.
With that being said, this type of education is an investment and one that i aspire to make for my children one day. Black people are often to short sighted and dont think about these things like they should, which is why WE are soooo fare behind the rest of the country.
“Black people are often to short sighted and dont think about these things like they should, which is why WE are soooo fare behind the rest of the country”
??? WTF…. We are soooo far behind the rest of the country, not because we don’t think of these things, but because of many reasons one of which is the fact that most can’t afford to buy friends, buy an education, buy a job etc. People are born into a world in which they can afford ($) to succeed, unfortunately many african american are not.
My husband and I have two boys, one of which is an extremely smart 4 year old (the other is 9 months old) we are hard working “middle class” parents (making a little over 100,000 a year) We live in NYC, and we scrape together what little we have so that he can enjoy less than a fraction of what someone who pays that type of tuition child will enjoy. I live in a society where I am waiting for superman, where my child must enter a lottery in order to be accepted into what is considered a good school. My child will be 5 and entering kindergarten next year. If you only knew or can experience just a tiny bit of the type of anxiety my husband and I feel towards getting him in a good school, you wouldn’t make comments like the one above. “Black People” like myself, only wish we can afford to buy our child an education. Given the chance, and I am sure we would.
sweetsay, if you want i can give you info on scholarship programs that will get your kid into these schools where cost won’t be an issue for you. post a contact, and i’ll give you info.
peace.
Scholarships would really help. Thanks
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WHen you have money you can do whatever the hell you want!
U know how u get ahead in life….YOU LIE!
fuck this school. I done lied myself into a fortune 500 company!
from west philly!
i dont need no more rich people in my life i have plenty.
lie!
u dont need these connections or the school (o yeah..im a high school drop out)
fuck them and they community! got my own businesses now (3) money, cars LIVED!
i lied to obtain all of it. no…i didnt lie i…stretch the truth. the truth is…any human can be just as smart if not smarter than most of the kids the went to that school. but, I digress.
negro please… what you got 3 liquor stores???
lol… but liquor stores make money.
The first Anonymous comment hit the nail on the head. I have a few family members and friends who went to this school (and a few other schools like it in nyc) and are now in or graduated from the top universities in the country i.e Harvard, Yale, etc… because of their early “friendships” made at these schools, these kids are connected to the most powerful people not just in nyc but the world. They will NEVER be jobless because they are able to make a phone call to secure an interview basically anywhere. If they go on to start a business, they have access to the top business leaders in the world to mentor them.
With that being said, this type of education is an investment and one that i aspire to make for my children one day. Black people are often to short sighted and dont think about these things like they should, which is why WE are soooo fare behind the rest of the country.