GDS v. Sidwell

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Anonymous wrote:Ten years ago, more families given the choice between Sidwell and GDS would choose Sidwell. Today, that has reversed. GDS is the more sought-after school.

Other than your opinion, do you have any evidence to back up that statement?

Of course not, because there is none. I don't know anyone who would pick GDS over Sidwell.

GDS is, and has always been, the wannabe Sidwell. This is gotten even more pronounced over the years from when I was there in the late 90s. This does not speak to the educational experience your child might have. It would be fine either way. As long as you don’t mind elitism.

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Um, GDS is GDS because Quakers decided that they did not want to go to school with Blacks and Jews.

This. This is the salient point.

If anything, Sidwell and other schools belatedly realized that GDS was ahead of the curve in embracing and promoting diverse, inclusive communities and these schools only later changed their admission policies to reflect the larger society not because of their original mission. I would expect Sidwell to have a more leafy campus and robust physical plant as the school admitted only white Washingtonians for generations.

GDS, like many schools, has it flaws but don't pretend that GDS is a wannabe Sidwell because of your own unacknowledged discomfort with Sidwell's roots.

Dude, most of us and our parents didn’t grow up in Jim Crow states with segregated schools. Ie Nyc, Chicago, Detroit. So ahead of the curve....

Your statement shows far more about your poorly informed sense of history of school integration in the United States (North and South, East and West) than about some perceived curve.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ten years ago, more families given the choice between Sidwell and GDS would choose Sidwell. Today, that has reversed. GDS is the more sought-after school.

Other than your opinion, do you have any evidence to back up that statement?

Of course not, because there is none. I don't know anyone who would pick GDS over Sidwell.

GDS is, and has always been, the wannabe Sidwell. This is gotten even more pronounced over the years from when I was there in the late 90s. This does not speak to the educational experience your child might have. It would be fine either way. As long as you don’t mind elitism.

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Um, GDS is GDS because Quakers decided that they did not want to go to school with Blacks and Jews.

This. This is the salient point.

If anything, Sidwell and other schools belatedly realized that GDS was ahead of the curve in embracing and promoting diverse, inclusive communities and these schools only later changed their admission policies to reflect the larger society not because of their original mission. I would expect Sidwell to have a more leafy campus and robust physical plant as the school admitted only white Washingtonians for generations.

GDS, like many schools, has it flaws but don't pretend that GDS is a wannabe Sidwell because of your own unacknowledged discomfort with Sidwell's roots.

Dude, most of us and our parents didn’t grow up in Jim Crow states with segregated schools. Ie Nyc, Chicago, Detroit. So ahead of the curve....

Your statement shows far more about your poorly informed sense of history of school integration in the United States (North and South, East and West) than about some perceived curve.

+1. The ignorance is breathtaking.

https://psmag.com/education/remembering-the-legislation-that-kept-northern-schools-segregated

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell doesn't care about GDS.
GDS lives and dies for Sidwell.
This thread is a perfect example.

I call BS. GDS in just 25 years has moved from just below the Big 3, to being in the Big 3, to leading the Big 3. Get over it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell doesn't care about GDS.
GDS lives and dies for Sidwell.
This thread is a perfect example.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell's is the oldest program. Learning a language is learning a languages. But the idea that one is better than the other because one is offered in third grade is silly.

Just because a school has the oldest program does not mean that it has the best program for today's educational needs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell doesn't care about GDS.
GDS lives and dies for Sidwell.
This thread is a perfect example.

I call BS. GDS in just 25 years has moved from just below the Big 3, to being in the Big 3, to leading the Big 3. Get over it.

This. Thought leadership matters.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell doesn't care about GDS.
GDS lives and dies for Sidwell.
This thread is a perfect example.

+1000

No one lives and dies for any of this in the real world. There are maybe 50 people who bother to post on DCUM and everyone else is like whatever.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell's is the oldest program. Learning a language is learning a languages. But the idea that one is better than the other because one is offered in third grade is silly.

Just because a school has the oldest program does not mean that it has the best program for today's educational needs.

By what metric does on base the potency of one Chinese program other than the other, beyond opinion. It is a ridiculous argument.

[Anonymous]

We would rather send our child to a school that is nationally known for its top academics and commitment to social justice than to a school that is strong overall but nationally known more for its famous students.

[Anonymous]

Plus we didn’t get in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell doesn't care about GDS.
GDS lives and dies for Sidwell.
This thread is a perfect example.

I call BS. GDS in just 25 years has moved from just below the Big 3, to being in the Big 3, to leading the Big 3. Get over it.

Your so-called "Big 3" is a figment of DCUM hype and fear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell doesn't care about GDS.
GDS lives and dies for Sidwell.
This thread is a perfect example.

I call BS. GDS in just 25 years has moved from just below the Big 3, to being in the Big 3, to leading the Big 3. Get over it.

Your so-called "Big 3" is a figment of DCUM hype and fear.

No figment. The 2020 Big Three Independent Schools in Washington DC are (in this order):

Georgetown Day School
Sidwell Friends
St Albans/Cathedral School for Girls.

Two decades ago the ranking likely would have been different.

[Anonymous]

CSG should be no. 1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell doesn't care about GDS.
GDS lives and dies for Sidwell.
This thread is a perfect example.

I call BS. GDS in just 25 years has moved from just below the Big 3, to being in the Big 3, to leading the Big 3. Get over it.

Your so-called "Big 3" is a figment of DCUM hype and fear.

No figment. The 2020 Big Three Independent Schools in Washington DC are (in this order):

Georgetown Day School
Sidwell Friends
St Albans/Cathedral School for Girls.

Two decades ago the ranking likely would have been different.

Complete poppycock.

[Anonymous]

=1. This is just so sad for GDS. I hope it is a troll.