[quote=spdrun]NJ top schools are more diverse than equivalent top schools in the San Diego area. No crapola like Mello Roos, where a newly-built community can buy itself its own gated school.

I went to a highly-rated high school in NJ, but shared a school with children of immigrants who barely spoke English, children of blue-collar workers, as well as children of wealthier families. Not all families places as high of a value on education, but the diversity was actually a good experience in and of itself.

There isn’t as much economic self-segregation in NJ as there is in San Diego. Thankfully![/quote]

Juat curious, why would you care about attending a better rank high school, if you don’t care about attending a better rank college ,where it would really make a difference?

And sorry, I don’t see how being in an environment in which people don’t place a value on education is a good thing, unless you think it’s a good thing to learn not to give a hoot about trying to improve oneself.

I think that’s one of the biggest problems people in this country have. They don’t give a hoot about education…and then they wonder why there is economic inequality. But hey, talking about “diversity” is so en vogue in this country….It’s what swanky people do….since it sounds cool…