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Originally Posted by Foeslw
The Cantonese, and the Shanghainese too, are very materialistic people and they have a culture of looking down or avoiding people who they considered poor. Parents often teach their kids to avoid making friends who are poor. And they want their children to marry rich people. To be rich and educated are 2 most important life goals of most Chinese people anyway.
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I America, rich/educated people live in "good neighborhoods" and their children are sent to private schools or public schools in "good districts", so they do not need to worry that their children make "bad friends".
In China, children from rich families and poor families still attend the same schools, largely. When I was a kid, the classmates's parents ranged from professors, government officials to farmers and janitors.
It may be incorrect to say so, but I think it is true that some "bad kids" (not necessarily from poor families) did cause a lot of problems in our class. They were much more likely to be bullies, or steal other students' stuff, or smoke/drink before age.