She certainly got advantages from going to private school, but, like anyone else who isn't the same class, race, religion, etc. as the bulk of people who go to tony private schools, there are psychological and social costs of being an outsider, and, in the case of being part of a racial minority, having to context switch.
Here's Wikipedia's list of alumnae for that school:
I was responding to the claim that she didn't have many financial extras growing up. Going to private school is the opposite of that. Her father worked in Hollywood and made good money.
Yeah it was that fancy. Her father made good money working in Hollywood.
Yeah well covid has had an effect on everything right.
I don't think you can get a sense of how fancy a school is from its alumni. I had a scholarship to a private HS and we have some prestigious alumni and even some famous people who sent their kids there. But in the hierarchy of public schools we were in the middle somewhere, not remotely posh, and with most students being middle or upper-middle class, with a lot of kids getting at least a partial scholarship. But it was definitely more prestigious than sending your kid to one of those chain private schools.
She might not have had many financial extras growing up. Her father sounds like he had, at least for a while, although with no guarantee of future earnings, but also another family to pay for in a high cost-of-living area, and she might have had the education, but not much more herself, while many of her classmates would have taken their clothes, their vacations, their houses, their household staff, etc. as a given.
I am so very sorry to hear this.
(I was from a working class family and had dorm mates who had every privilege except that I got the same grades even though I didn't have their prep school advantages).True. I worked for 10 years at a private school (the only school in Ottawa that has boarding). There is a big difference though with private schools that are independent and ones that are for profit. But there is a lot of money raised for scholarships etc. I loved working there (Admissions).
Well it’s not really a brag it’s what attracts the parents aka marketing. Private schools select their students with exam, interview, previous report cards etc., references from former teacher. In that regard it is nothing like a public school as public can’t turn away students.Going to a private high school without scholarships is a big financial extra in itself. All of Hollywood has no guarantees - its a project-based industry - but somehow he came up with tuition. And poor Meghan, not living much more than a middle class lifestyle! I mean, the deprivation of that.
This school is on the hillsides in LA. It's no gritty downtown school. Tuition (without fees) is currently over $18k a year, and they brag about how many students end up in prestigious colleges. Sorry, but to most working class families (like mine was) this was completely out of reach.
That’s up to CBS.
I have been kind of following this. CNN had reported him being transferred to another hospital. He is 99 years old.
I found this.
Here is the BBC article https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56241353I have been kind of following this. CNN had reported him being transferred to another hospital. He is 99 years old.
I am sure that the interview will be held if he passes.
I read it another way - the Prince may be dying soon and the Queen doesn’t want Meghan and Harry to be seen as uncaring by talking about how difficult things are for them while Britain mourns him.
