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Any privileges I was granted by the virtue of my upbringing was outweighed by the other cutting of the sword. It wasn't all money-hats and vacations.
Both my parents are lawyers, both are enormously dysfunctional in terms of basic social skills. Both of my parents, and my parent's parents, are very intelligent and learned professionals; very high rates of mental illness are present in my family's genetic load. Despite having 5 ? degrees, my mother hasn't worked for the entire duration of my life. Despite being an enormously qualified attorney my father worked for the government for his entire professional life and consequently, while he had more time for his children, there was roughly equal money to be had in teaching public school.
There are many good things about having educated parents, but this survey doesn't do a good job about revealing them, and completely ignores the value of having a large, loving family that supports you. I know plenty of wealthy lone children who would trade places in an instant with sprawling immigrant families, and would be 100% better off consequently.
And no, the last time I checked white geeks (actual ones, not faux geeks) were not portrayed well in the media.
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