Go for a run if you don't get into your choice college.

[Anonymous]

The star of the GDS show is the newspaper. Not the money parents shell out for not getting into choice colleges.
Great writing by the kids for the kids.
https://theaugurbit.com/2023/02/08/class-meeting-addresses-seniors-responses-to-college-decisions/

[Anonymous]

Not very kind of GDS students to act with such racism. The social justice side of GDS is all fine and dandy until college decisions come out and then the true racism peaks through. I say this as a liberal, this is why we are ridiculed all the time. Liberals talk about equity etc but with something is perceived as interfering with your white privilege, it’s a problem.

The school just got done lecturing seniors about why it’s not cool to say black students are getting into college because AA and they have the audacity to hbe the following reaction:

Holder said students were talking about the meeting in the hallways after it ended. “My friends were talking about it like ‘What just happened?’ and ‘Why did we need that? It was unnecessary,’” she said.

After all these years at GDS, these students don’t know the inherit value of their rich families with elite colleges than they are born with they start off at first base yet they yell outrage when a Black student gets hit by a ball and can walk to first.

This is pathetic. I’m outraged. Why would any family want their kid at this pretentious and fake environment, yet alone pay $50K+?

[Anonymous]

*peek

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not very kind of GDS students to act with such racism. The social justice side of GDS is all fine and dandy until college decisions come out and then the true racism peaks through. I say this as a liberal, this is why we are ridiculed all the time. Liberals talk about equity etc but with something is perceived as interfering with your white privilege, it’s a problem.

The school just got done lecturing seniors about why it’s not cool to say black students are getting into college because AA and they have the audacity to hbe the following reaction:

Holder said students were talking about the meeting in the hallways after it ended. “My friends were talking about it like ‘What just happened?’ and ‘Why did we need that? It was unnecessary,’” she said.

After all these years at GDS, these students don’t know the inherit value of their rich families with elite colleges than they are born with they start off at first base yet they yell outrage when a Black student gets hit by a ball and can walk to first.

This is pathetic. I’m outraged. Why would any family want their kid at this pretentious and fake environment, yet alone pay $50K+?

+1000 Whew. The historically endless advantages, both inherited and bestowed, are no problem for the white privileged students. There's no problem with those who get it in only because of their wealth, donations, connections/favors owed, legacy etc as they rally for superficial social justice. But then they behave like this when their hardworking classmates of color gain admission to a school that denied them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not very kind of GDS students to act with such racism. The social justice side of GDS is all fine and dandy until college decisions come out and then the true racism peaks through. I say this as a liberal, this is why we are ridiculed all the time. Liberals talk about equity etc but with something is perceived as interfering with your white privilege, it’s a problem.

The school just got done lecturing seniors about why it’s not cool to say black students are getting into college because AA and they have the audacity to hbe the following reaction:

Holder said students were talking about the meeting in the hallways after it ended. “My friends were talking about it like ‘What just happened?’ and ‘Why did we need that? It was unnecessary,’” she said.

After all these years at GDS, these students don’t know the inherit value of their rich families with elite colleges than they are born with they start off at first base yet they yell outrage when a Black student gets hit by a ball and can walk to first.

This is pathetic. I’m outraged. Why would any family want their kid at this pretentious and fake environment, yet alone pay $50K+?

+1000 Whew. The historically endless advantages, both inherited and bestowed, are no problem for the white privileged students. There's no problem with those who get it in only because of their wealth, donations, connections/favors owed, legacy etc as they rally for superficial social justice. But then they behave like this when their hardworking classmates of color gain admission to a school that denied them.

GDS has well documented racism. None of this should be a surprise.

[Anonymous]

Race is a “hook” for college admissions just like being an athlete or from an under-represented part of the country. Unless you are Asian, but that is another thread . . .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Race is a “hook” for college admissions just like being an athlete or from an under-represented part of the country. Unless you are Asian, but that is another thread . . .

Or being rich enough to go to GDS.

[Anonymous]

Race is a hook to get into GDS. Race is a hook to get into college. No use pretending that is not the case.

What hook did the kids complaining about their college acceptances use to get into GDS? Are they unhappy it didn’t work as well for college?

[Anonymous]

I remember this class when many of them were in their K-8. They didn’t react much better back then to HS acceptances. Only difference now is that GDS had a meeting with students to name the negative comments versus K-8s shrugging at ithe same racist comments

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember this class when many of them were in their K-8. They didn’t react much better back then to HS acceptances. Only difference now is that GDS had a meeting with students to name the negative comments versus K-8s shrugging at ithe same racist comments

Sounds like your k-8 is an awesome school!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember this class when many of them were in their K-8. They didn’t react much better back then to HS acceptances. Only difference now is that GDS had a meeting with students to name the negative comments versus K-8s shrugging at ithe same racist comments

Wait. You mean the current senior class at K-8 includes many people from your K-8, enough that they are representative of the entire cohort? Which school was that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not very kind of GDS students to act with such racism. The social justice side of GDS is all fine and dandy until college decisions come out and then the true racism peaks through. I say this as a liberal, this is why we are ridiculed all the time. Liberals talk about equity etc but with something is perceived as interfering with your white privilege, it’s a problem.

The school just got done lecturing seniors about why it’s not cool to say black students are getting into college because AA and they have the audacity to hbe the following reaction:

Holder said students were talking about the meeting in the hallways after it ended. “My friends were talking about it like ‘What just happened?’ and ‘Why did we need that? It was unnecessary,’” she said.

After all these years at GDS, these students don’t know the inherit value of their rich families with elite colleges than they are born with they start off at first base yet they yell outrage when a Black student gets hit by a ball and can walk to first.

This is pathetic. I’m outraged. Why would any family want their kid at this pretentious and fake environment, yet alone pay $50K+?

I think that the school doesn't screen as much for families who actually believe in the initial mission of the school by the time it comes to HS admissions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Race is a “hook” for college admissions just like being an athlete or from an under-represented part of the country. Unless you are Asian, but that is another thread . . .

Or being rich enough to go to GDS.

Not for elite schools. Rich enough to endow a chair isn’t even enough anymore.

[Anonymous]

I’ll be the bad guy. I thought the COO reaction to student comments fell really short. For a school with the mission that GDS has I expected more. Read the college forum here. Read the paper. Consider the fact the Supreme Court is about to issue a landmark decision on affirmative action. Then maybe think about the value we all place on a college education and how much economic fear we all experience. These kids were only asking questions that are being asked in the world generally. They vocalized thoughts many I am sure have had. They were basically shamed for it and shut down. I would expect GDS to have a more engaged discussion on the topic. I would expect them to actually dedicate some time and resources in the community to addressing it. The feelings aren’t going away. All the school has said is you can’t admit you feel that here. I think the community is a lesser place it if can’t have tough conversations. Instead the kids were shushed.

[Anonymous]

Pp here—takeaway for me—if you can’t have this tough conversation at GDS then where can you have it?