I know what you mean... I got a scholership into a Christian Private School here thanks to my status as a missionary, so that's fine. But, a bunch of the other kids, especially in my class, are flippin' rich. I don't hang out with my class' core much, they're very... close? and snobbish. I haven't been able to make any really good friends in my class (except for this other new guy). It does get annoying, trying to co-operate with people who are a class above you and don't understand what it's like to have to budget yourself.
I think the point of that whole paragraph was that it's everywhere -- in churches, schools, chances are at work too. People who are richer don't understand what it may be like to not be able to have everything.
@LK:
"I am opposed to millionaires -- but it'd be tempting to over me the position." -- Mark Twain
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