Reply #22: I'm a Stevenson grad, and I'll agree with you on that.

[eyesroll]

$40,000 cars in the student lot, $200 prom tickets. There is an enormous sense of entitlement among many AESHS grads. It took me a long time after graduating to shake that "you didn't get as good an education as I did, so I'm better than you are" mentality, and to figure out that education and idiocy aren't necessarily mutually exclusive.

Growing up, I suppose you could call me upper-middle class -- not Long Grove rich, but doing quite well. My friends mostly lived in -- GASP! -- apartments and townhouses. They were considered "poor" by Stevenson standards. (In reality, maybe 1% of Stevenson students get free or reduced-price lunch -- and, at least when I was there, it was staggering the number of people who used their parents' divorce to qualify. Spousal support and child support don't count as "income," nor does support given by a non-married partner of the custodial parent. My friend Jason's mom's live-in boyfriend was loaded, and child support payments were generous, and his mom didn't work, so he qualified for free lunch. Again, the entitlement mentality.)

But, still, I did get an outstanding education (as you would have at BG). I had access to AP courses, strong extracurricular activities, and a spectacular facility (clean, well-maintained, air conditioned). I'm lucky.