Jonathan Kozol Quote
Now and then, in private, affluent suburbanites concede that certain aspects of the game may be a trifle rigged to their advantage. Sure, it’s a bit unjust, they may concede, but that’s reality and that’s the way the game is played.…In any case, they sometimes add in a refrain that we have heard now many times, there’s no real evidence that spending money makes much difference in the outcome of a child’s education. We have it. So we spend it. But it’s probably a secondary matter. Other factors—family and background—seem to be a great deal more important.In these ways they fend off dangers of disturbing introspection; and this, in turn, enables them to give their children something far more precious than the simple gift of pedagogic privilege. They give them uncontaminated satisfaction in their victories.
Now and then, in private, affluent suburbanites concede that certain aspects of the game may be a trifle rigged to their advantage. Sure, it’s a bit unjust, they may concede, but that’s reality and that’s the way the game is played.…In any case, they sometimes add in a refrain that we have heard now many times, there’s no real evidence that spending money makes much difference in the outcome of a child’s education. We have it. So we spend it. But it’s probably a secondary matter. Other factors—family and background—seem to be a great deal more important.In these ways they fend off dangers of disturbing introspection; and this, in turn, enables them to give their children something far more precious than the simple gift of pedagogic privilege. They give them uncontaminated satisfaction in their victories.
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