>i mean where are the classics showing up in modern life where
>that investment really pays off?

just the other day i either read or heard someone relate Empire and Oedipus Rex. if i weren't familiar w/the OR story i wouldn't have known what they're talking about. of course, my life would've gone on w/o getting that reference.

do people that can quote the
>classics have a true advantage in the modern world?

i dunno.

not that getting into an elite college is mark of true advantage or even something you or your daughter value, but i don't see a person being admitted to one of them w/o having taken high school classes that would expose the person to classic lit. but i applied for college 21 yrs ago and things may have changed.