Can you tell pretty quickly if a kid or group of kids are private schoolers?

[Anonymous]

I think most private parents can. But what exactly teases it out of random kids?

[Anonymous]

Yes by their shining eyes, impeccable manners, three-piece suits, and silver-plated walking sticks. Ah, for my days at Smeltings, where I became a man!

[Anonymous]

It's really easy. You just say "where do you go to school?" and then you can tell by their answer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes by their shining eyes, impeccable manners, three-piece suits, and silver-plated walking sticks. Ah, for my days at Smeltings, where I became a man!

[Anonymous]

DH and BIL went to private school. Ended up in the same place as their peers who didn’t go to private school.

[Anonymous]

Without the uniform?

No. I live in Bethesda, where the public and private school kids all do the same things, buy the same things, drive similar cars, have overlapping social circles and generally end up at the same universities and jobs... because they have the same sort of parents.

[Anonymous]

Not at our school. Manners are not taught.

Yes at most if the others.

[Anonymous]

The quickest I can tell is with a school uniform.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes by their shining eyes, impeccable manners, three-piece suits, and silver-plated walking sticks. Ah, for my days at Smeltings, where I became a man!

You forgot the monocle and attaché case full of Grey Poupon

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Without the uniform?

No. I live in Bethesda, where the public and private school kids all do the same things, buy the same things, drive similar cars, have overlapping social circles and generally end up at the same universities and jobs... because they have the same sort of parents.

Yeah, similar experience here as a student, my circle overlapped. I actually attended both. My sibling and cousins attended boarding school for high school.

[Anonymous]

You can usually tell based on whether they are wearing a Rolex.

[Anonymous]

Out of curiosity, why do you ask?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH and BIL went to private school. Ended up in the same place as their peers who didn’t go to private school.

What does that mean? In line at the DMV? Attended the University of Iowa? Both your DH and BIL are unskilled day laborers?

[Anonymous]

Well yes, they possess a certain something in their air and manner of walking, the tone of their voices, their address and expressions.

[Anonymous]

When they compare their pool houses in the Starbucks line