<p>dun dun dun.</p>
<p>hey like I said, I don't know many rich kids. Perhaps my view of them is warped because of this. But from the kids I've met from prep schools in my area where pretty much everyone is rich, I extremely despised them and their worldview.</p>
<p>My parents are fairly well-off but I would not consider myself snobby because parent's money does not always equal children's money. My parents rarely just "hand" me things -- if I want something I have to work and pay for it with my own money.</p>
<p>if a rich person was put in a school in a ghetto, the poor people would probably seem snotty. give it time, and you'll be friends with almost anyone. i've witnessed a self-proclaimed racist and misogynist at my school joking around with a minority in the hall. </p>
<p>i can pretty much sit at any table at my school and not be looked at funny. you just have to be openminded. if you approach rich kids with the mindset that they are going to be snotty and arrogant, it's going to come across in how you talk to them and probably make them less open to you.</p>
<p>Exactly, ivyleaguechamp. You have to keep an open mind that is willing to dispell stereotypes.</p>
<p>unfortunately, there's not always enough time to give a good impression.. especially around law enforcement and in job interviews :x</p>
<p>You're probably right ivyleaguechamp. It's just that a majority of the rich kids I've met HAVE met stereotypes. But I have been surprised a few times by some kids. There was one kid at my school who was really cool, normal and everything. I was shocked to find that he was really really rich.</p>
<p>Perhaps what I consider rich isn't what you guys consider rich. I consider over 100k a year to be really rich, and over 60,000 to be pretty well off.</p>
<p>That's definitely true, ivyleaguechamp. Where I live is a stereotypical white rich area, right on the border of Detroit. Since I'm in Girl Scouts I have been involved in a lot of things with girls who live in poor areas in downtown D. When they approach me without any prejuidice, we usually enjoy each other's company and find that we have a lot in common - I'm still in contact with some friends I made this way in middle school! </p>
<p>But when they already have a chip on their shoulder because I'm white and supposedly get dropped off in a limo to school (okay, this is DEFINITELY not true, but I hear it all the time), I immediately dislike them. I don't approach them with stereotypical thoughts about how they're so poor, how they're minorities, etc. - I see them as people, not social class. I wish more people could have this outlook, both poor and rich.</p>
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<p>What I consider rich - upwards of 400,000 K a year</p>
<p>Well-off - 200,000 K and up - here's where my family falls, I think a little above this line</p>
<p>Poor-ish (not technically poor but not well off, after taxes et al) - 150,000 K</p>
<p>First time I've thought of it this way... le sigh, these #s look sort of ridiculous</p>
<p>Whoa, you consider 150 k poorish? my parents, before taxes, make a little over 100 k and I always thought we were more upper-middle class. Guess it really is all relative.</p>
<p>I think it all is really relative, you're right - I go to school with a lot of really wealthy kids (a LOT wealthier than I am, I'm sort of lower middle of the road for where I live) so these numbers are really skewed. Another thing to consider - cost of living is very, very high where I live.</p>
<p>Sorry - I didn't mean to offend anyone by these posts. I just have really strong feelings with this, as I consider myself to be a pretty easy-going, open-minded person and for years I've gotten slammed for living where I do. It sucks, a lot. </p>
<p>Love to you all,
gracilisae <3</p>
<p>Likewise, RaboKara... 150K being poorish!? I would definitely not consider that poor.</p>
<p>we love you, gracil. after all, isn't that all that matters? haha</p>
<p>love you too, phil <em>gives big, internet hug</em> on a happier note: can't WAIT until dinner tonight, my stomach is rumbling in anticipation! :D</p>
<p>Gracil: I didn't think you were being insulting at all. I was just amazed at how different our views were. But then, I live about 10 miles past the border of the poorest county in the state, so I guess that might account for it.</p>
<p>my family makes 13,000 dollars a year. what do you consider me?</p>
<p>Also, I didn't think you're post was offensive at all. I don't know what offensive is.... I never get offended by anything.</p>
<p>broke.. :D. but if you're on this board, you must be heading in the right direction. your family must be proud</p>
<p>ummm
::awkward moment::</p>
<p>so anyway, I think people think my school is rich and snobby and some people are, but I definitely don't consider myself like that and I know a lot of my classmates aren't either.</p>
<p>I have heard bad reports from many alums I have met. They discouraged me from applying. I still think i should apply but I don't want to be confronted ny neofascist... I mean neoliberals..... I mean Republicans on a rampage...... I mean..... Ah F*** it</p>
<p>just chill with the potheads..i've found they they are very openminded :D</p>
<p>lol
I think, if rich snobby kids actually fit into that stereotype, they would stay to themselves... in their Ivy or Cottage eating clubs and not bother you. It's a bit of an oxymoron to say that they will go out and hunt down the minories.</p>