me elite meh?

i cant believe the hoohah surrounding that smart girl's decision to go to a 'neighbourhood' school. when i first read it, i thot its a really sound article. people shd make informed choices...hence the different options shd be made clear to all before one makes a decision. but it has been blown up to a question of whether 'elite' schools' r necessarily better than neighbourhood ones. i mean...huh?

detractors of the article have clearly missed the whole point of the article..n thats just disappointing. its sad when i think of the many opportunities lost by the many not-so-rich kids out there...how r they to get out of the vicious cycle of poverty if they dont know of the many opportunities open to them?

i think its just unfair that the 'elite' schools r thot by many to be filled wif rich, spoilt kids wif no moral fibre. i came from one myself, n believe me, there were tons of ordinary girls like me who didnt get chauffered to school...nor did we have district 10 addresses. i'd like to think that i'm not lacking in moral fibre even tho i didnt go to a neighbourhood school. i think i'm still able to empathise wif heartlanders...why shdnt i when i'm a heartlander myself?

of cos i sometimes wonder if i'd be a different person if i'd enrolled in a neighbourhood sch? perhaps i'll be the big fish in a small pond...as opposed to me being just a small fish in a big pond. wd that do wonders to my self-esteem? perhaps. wd i be a better person? i'll never know. but i know that i'll never trade my years in that 'elite' school for anything in the world.