Reply #27: On the other hand, I think that the Obamas are unrealistic about what works in

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the public schools. For one thing, their daughters come from an optimal home, and are healthy and happy. For another, they have always gone to elite schools (their previous school was a lab school for The University of Chicago.)

It's too easy for parents who have had a relatively easy time with their children to think it should be that way for everyone. Too bad they didn't have several more children. Even in families like theirs, if you have several children you're bound to have at least one that's too round to fit in the square holes.