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Survey Responses:
In middle school, my daughter had to decide what to do about the theft of her calculator, new and expensive in the early Eighties. After discussions with the counselor at her school, and with her permission (she knew who took it), we decided to ignore the loss, buy her another calculator, and got the school to agree to buy a complete set of calculators as soon as possible for each class to use, since it was such an advantage to be a Have Calculator, and disadvantage to be a Have No Calculator. I've always been pleased with the way this worked out. Eventually, the other child even returned the ""borrowed"" calculator with an apology and gratitude for not being punished. All the students gained somewhat equal access, at least at school.
Read earlier survey responses:
September 2005: What are the ways you see the race and class divisions exposed by Katrina?
August 2005: What class did you grow up in? What was good or bad about your class experience growing up?
July 2005: What are your strongest memories connecting race and class?
June 2005: The New York Times and Wall Street Journal each ran their own series on class. What is your response to the recent press on class?
May 2005: The good, the bad, and the ugly of cross-class relating
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