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which private school has the most "mean girls"?
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Anonymous
| Everyone writes all of the good stuff about all of these private schools. But, if I am going to pay for private school for my granddaughter -- I want her to be happy and want to try to avoid failure. Whis school has the most mean girls? |
Anonymous
| Geez, wouldn't you then want to know which school has the fewest mean girls? |
Anonymous
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If readers haven't figured it out yet, OP is hoping to start a good fight with lots of trash talk about everyone's school. As the pp suggests, just look at the fact she's asking about the meanest girls. Her writing is also a little too young for a grandmother....
Don't reward her desire to channel her unhappiness here. At this time of year, let's all give thanks instead for the eduations our children are receiving. |
Anonymous
Sidwell. I heard the Obama sisters are really mean. Ha. Just kidding. 
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Anonymous
| The most sophisticated girls can sometimes also be the meanest. I would say since the competition is the stiffest at the elite schools -- NCS & Holton have the most mean girls. |
Anonymous
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Since when is sophistication equated with being mean. I consider myself sophisticated, but in turn, it has made me a nicer person (more aware of the world around me through travel, reading, etc.)
Having said that, I think an emphasis on the material leads to girls being mean. And Holton and NCS have a fair number of family backgrounds that put high emphasis on the material. FWIW, we are affluent, but work hard at teaching our kids not to judge by appearances and put value on material things. |
Anonymous
Bullshit. My daughter is at neither of those schools, but I do not believe for a minute that mean girls are avoidable. Every single school has them. And these girls are particularly good at operating under the radar. I wish there was a way to avoid them, but there is not. The best you can do is prepare your daughter for the experience. IME mean girls are the offspring of mean girl mommies. Truly. |
Anonymous
I agree with this. So maybe we should all avoid the children on the moms on these boards - I include myself in that. 
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Anonymous
| I don't remember mean girls when I grew up. Perhaps I just avoided them or was lucky (maybe I was one!)? Is it really an issue? |
Anonymous
Oh, they were there. We just didn't call them that. If I recall, I think we called them "the clique." (And I went to Holton!) |
Anonymous
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If I get any whiff of my daughter being a mean girl she will be on the first flight to Africa or India to get some perspective and work in an orphanage or other such charitable effort. It will not be tolerated. It is up to us to teach our children to not act like "mean girls" I remember them from school and while I am a confident happy person today, I remember the pain they can inflict.
And yes, I encounter mean mommies sometimes at our private school, which I chalk up to insecurity. Can't imagine living like that. |
Anonymous
Because she can't get some perspective right here? |
Anonymous
| Interesting point 11:47 -- I have noticed people on DCUM always talk about Darfur or something -- when they are plenty of needy people right in our own backyeard here. |
Anonymous
| Didn't some Sidwell girls get suspended last year for some shockingly mean behavior? |
Anonymous
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I haven't heard about that at Sidwell. I heard of some girls at Holton being suspended for some really mean stuff.
I agree with an earlier poster that some of the girls are so good at this stuff that they always manage to fly under the radar. Some of the parents think some girls are so very nice -- when some of them are the worst queen bees around. I know a lot of books have been written on the topic. |