Compare to/compare with...urgent assistance!

[sgmat]

In the real world, once kids grow up, they are not just compared to kids that just graduated from the barrio.

Guys compare with is used when compare similar things........so in the above sentence why compare to is used.........i think compare with should be used in this case as it is comparing kids with kids...........plzzz explain........cheers!

amit

[The RIDE]

Compare to (similarities)
Compare with (differences)

In the sentence we should use compare to, because it compares similar things.

[sgmat]

ohh! Man.....wot a classic blunder i was commiting.....well really need those couple of bulbs lighting over my head.........wot will I do on the D day? neways thanx n cheers!

amit