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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (117166)	5/30/2005 1:30:40 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 793759

The mothers in New York you are talking about were born into a social class and live according to the tenets of that class. Or else they aspire to that class, and hope that if their kids rub elbows with that class in pre-school they will eventually be accepted into it. I know very little about that class (I think there are still two upper classes in New York, Protestant and Jew) and don't aspire to it. I grew up in the suburbs and aspire for my kids to live in the suburbs. They aren't going to become investment bankers or great white shark litigators. They won't have $3 million condos overlooking Central Park, and $4 million vacation homes in the Berkshires. In fact, my kids didn't even go to pre-school. I stayed home with them and took them to the park and museums and read to them.

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (117166)	5/30/2005 3:28:04 PM
From: John Carragher	Respond to of 793759

it is all about net working. these kids hook up with right sponsor and get right job. and move fast through large company sometimes on where they went vs what they know. they get a big jump on the kids at smaller schools.. why, a lot of the large companies do not even recruit at them so they cannot get in the door. the fancy college they net work meet some contacts and get the interviews. a big big lift up. But if the kid isn't motivated to do the political work then it was a waste of money.