For Tanglin Mums (!)

[I'm a]

...Tanglin mum and have no maid, nor do I sadly drip in diamonds. Don't tar us all with the same brush! My kids go there because we want them to have a British education and we make sacrifices so that they can.

[To PP]

I agree and agree with the wisdom of the earlier post that mentioned other schools being more likely to have the sort of expat usually associated with Tanglin.

[I think]

it was more that the post was addressed "For Tanglin Mums" that got everyone's backs up. Seemed like the OP thought that only they would be able to answer such an in-depth question 

I have nothing against so-called Tanglin Mums but posts like OP's don't exactly help the way others see them.

[UWCer]

I don't know many Tanglin mums, but the ones I do know are very 'ordinary'.  My kids are at UWC and there is a cross section of society there.  However, when they were in K1, K2, most of the parents were mega rich, leading the lifestyle 'the label' described.  Luckily there were several teachers' children in the class so we did find a few parents we had something in common with.  The only reason I could think that this only happened in the kindergarten, was that most companies don't pay for the education of a 4 year old (ours did) so the only people willing to spend huge amounts on a K1 child's education are the very rich.  To give you an example, the 'mums' regularly had lunch dates at the Hilton, Hyatt, Shangri La etc.  When one of the mums had a birthday, the others would club together, take her out to lunch and present her with the latest offering from Tiffany's.  I have nothing against people living this lifestyle but I just found I had nothing in common with them, and couldn't have kept up even if I did.  Those elements do exist elsewhere in the school, but there are many many ordinary people, making huge sacrifices to pay the school fees.  I think you will find it's the same at all schools.