[quote=FlyerInHi]That’s exactly it, SK. Smart kids can thrive despite the environment. The quality of education is more important to average kids.[/quote]
The problem is if you had kids, their expected competition gets watered down or is weaker in a moderate or middle of the road school where at a top tier school, they know tons of people are smarter in every which way from being entrepreneurial, tech, medicine, charity, academics, etc…
If your kids are also super smart, the poorer performing schools will not have the resources for your kid since they have far fewer dollars as mentioned in tons of articles that all the schools now have their own foundations and fundraising so your kid will not be able to challenge themselves and will possibly even get bored leading to hanging out with trouble makers, etc…
Like in sports, a high school all star maybe nothing in college and a college all american may never get to the next level.
All in all, I think people with kids should go to the best schools possible for not just the academics, but also for the parents, discipline, money in those schools, the teachers (care more since they aren’t dealing with crap kids all day), simply more resources day in day out. I have talked to teachers in other districts and they say it’s night and day in terms of fundraising and resources some poorer school areas get.
This is why schools are such a big factor in lots of areas and why housing doesn’t drop much in those areas.
