The Real Me Is Truth and Love

Today I watched Nursery University, about the crazy process of getting into an elite (top notch) preschool in Manhattan.  These parents are willing to pay 20,000 dollar tuition so their 2 or 3 year old can get the right educational start.  The nursery schools are suppose to be gateway school on a road that leads straight to the Ivy Leagues.  Can you blame the parents then? No, who wouldn't want their kid going to Harvard eventually?

My only question is where is the best school for the parents who want their child to have a good education but cannot afford it?  Is my son going to be able to compete with  those two year olds if I keep him in the daycare around the corner?  How can poor people break out of the cycle?  Public schools in New York City are at their worst.  How am I expected to produce a productive member of society when that society places such high monetary value on the cost of educating its children.

Why is education so expensive?  Should only the rich have regular access to the best education?  Scholarships help true, but the truth is, most poor kids are locked away from a better future.  I want my son's life to be easier than mine, I want him to have more opportunities than I did.  If education is the key and I can't afford it, will I have let him down?  He doesn't need to go to the Harvard but doesn't a Harvard degree look better than a City college degree on a job application?