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[[Truth in Television]] to some extent in the US, as American public schools are funded by local taxes on property and the inner city tends to be poor.
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* Fourth season of ''[[The Wire]]'' that takes place at the [[Middle School]] Randy, Dukie, and Michael attend and is particularly brutal and honest example of how they subconsciously prepare the kids for a life of dealing resulting in some of the series' biggest [[Tear Jerker|tear jerkers]].
* Featured in two episodes of ''[[Cold Case (TV)|Cold Case]]'', ''8:03 AM'' and especially ''True Calling''
* Another UK example; Hope Park [[The Good Old British Comp|Comprehensive]] in 1990s [[Lenny Henry]] vehicle ''[[Hope And Glory]]''. Henry plays a "superhead" of the kind that were [[Ripped
* This trope was rather acidly parodied in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVF-nirSq5s this MadTV sketch].
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