What Schools are Considered 2T?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m in Brooklyn and had no idea Poly was impressive. I have a very negative view of the school and the academics there. There’s more to life than exmissions and the lifers who are now adult and the children I know there are not academic, not particularly bright, not community minded at all.

A lot of reputation and cache starts as unfounded folklore on social media and website like this and just kind of catches on because people “read about it”. So a lot of hidden gems get missed and conversely other schools have overinflated and hyped up expectations

Sorry to hurt your feelings. I live close to the lower school and know the private scene quite well. If you have a slightly stupid jock or a self-serious future Broadway stah who won’t get to higher level math or an unweighted A in humanities courses, I’m sure its great.

Sorry but I really wasn’t thinking about you and I wasn’t even referring to any specific school, not even Packer which I can infer you are referring to but it doesn’t matter anyway. So don’t worry about my feelings, just your own lol. Anywho my comment applies to a general swathe of schools. And no two people will have the same impressions of a school. But my point is when someone labels or brands a school a certain way on places like this, that is the only thing the clueless and uninformed can hang their hat on

It was clearly about poly. It adds value to park slope, idk why that neighbor would attack it. Many high income people would never live there or south Brooklyn without such an esteemed educational option.

No one moves to south Brooklyn for that nothing school.

Your tone is childish and not OK. It is not appropriate for any school. Please stop.

The school is not a delicate human child or puppy. It’s a business catering to a clientele.

Poly is an overrated school that held no interest for us, that we never considered, that produces morons that we know, that had a blackface scandal, and I will post that, because it’s true. No one is insulting you or your kids. I have no idea of anything about Trevor and we haven’t applied there, ever. It’s ok for people to say directly that some of these schools might appear to have a good exmissions page, but are not worthy of tens of thousands per year.

Other people can write whatever the hell they like, ladies. Get a grip.

your DC school is all rainbows and unicorns i assume

Based on their complaints about cost and privilege, their kid probably goes to some quasi-segregated public school with just enough diversity that they feel good about themselves, unlike those racists at a genuinely diverse private

if you're paying millions to buy a home and raise your kids in a quasi segregated neighborhood with zero public housing, this is what you get.

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Anonymous wrote:but are not worthy of tens of thousands per year.

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people can decide how they want to spend their money; you just are not able to understand that concept.

That wasn’t your point until just now, you moved the goalpost. You went on rants about how it is filled with racist morons. It’s mean and untrue. It may or may not be worth the tuition (people have different goals and incomes), what you said initially is a different matter

not sure what you are talking about - i was only responding to the poster who again brought up Trevor and how it's not worth the money.

you might be confusing me with another poster.

I misread, apologies. There is someone going off on poly in an unfair way. It’s a great place and most people would be fortunate to attend

someone clearly doesn't like it!

it's remarkable to me how some schools have such a negative reaction for some people.

Are their any schools that completely pass the test to everyone? i would have thought collegiate till someone made the gay comment about it today.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m in Brooklyn and had no idea Poly was impressive. I have a very negative view of the school and the academics there. There’s more to life than exmissions and the lifers who are now adult and the children I know there are not academic, not particularly bright, not community minded at all.

A lot of reputation and cache starts as unfounded folklore on social media and website like this and just kind of catches on because people “read about it”. So a lot of hidden gems get missed and conversely other schools have overinflated and hyped up expectations

Sorry to hurt your feelings. I live close to the lower school and know the private scene quite well. If you have a slightly stupid jock or a self-serious future Broadway stah who won’t get to higher level math or an unweighted A in humanities courses, I’m sure its great.

Sorry but I really wasn’t thinking about you and I wasn’t even referring to any specific school, not even Packer which I can infer you are referring to but it doesn’t matter anyway. So don’t worry about my feelings, just your own lol. Anywho my comment applies to a general swathe of schools. And no two people will have the same impressions of a school. But my point is when someone labels or brands a school a certain way on places like this, that is the only thing the clueless and uninformed can hang their hat on

It was clearly about poly. It adds value to park slope, idk why that neighbor would attack it. Many high income people would never live there or south Brooklyn without such an esteemed educational option.

No one moves to south Brooklyn for that nothing school.

Why are you so against it? Most youth would be well served going there. What comparable options are there in the area? It puts that area on the map

I don’t believe Poly put Park Slope on the map. Park Slope has been on the map for brownstones and decent public schools for decades. For private schools many neighbors send their kids to Berkeley Carroll or Parker, Saint Ann.

Without those schools and poly, the blockbuster home sales wouldn’t happen. People spending 5mm+ on those brownstones aren’t using the public schools. And they are the ones who make the neighborhood nice

I'm older so those brownstones were def 2-4 mm in my years with grade school kids, but my friends def did 321 if they were zoned. even when they paid cash for the brownstone. Maybe in the last 10 years it's changed, but I doubt it.

Poly would take kids with LD when BC wouldn't so the lower school was never thought of as "better". it was just accessible to more families.

BC’s exmissions are way worse than poly

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Anonymous wrote:I’m in Brooklyn and had no idea Poly was impressive. I have a very negative view of the school and the academics there. There’s more to life than exmissions and the lifers who are now adult and the children I know there are not academic, not particularly bright, not community minded at all.

A lot of reputation and cache starts as unfounded folklore on social media and website like this and just kind of catches on because people “read about it”. So a lot of hidden gems get missed and conversely other schools have overinflated and hyped up expectations

Sorry to hurt your feelings. I live close to the lower school and know the private scene quite well. If you have a slightly stupid jock or a self-serious future Broadway stah who won’t get to higher level math or an unweighted A in humanities courses, I’m sure its great.

Sorry but I really wasn’t thinking about you and I wasn’t even referring to any specific school, not even Packer which I can infer you are referring to but it doesn’t matter anyway. So don’t worry about my feelings, just your own lol. Anywho my comment applies to a general swathe of schools. And no two people will have the same impressions of a school. But my point is when someone labels or brands a school a certain way on places like this, that is the only thing the clueless and uninformed can hang their hat on

It was clearly about poly. It adds value to park slope, idk why that neighbor would attack it. Many high income people would never live there or south Brooklyn without such an esteemed educational option.

No one moves to south Brooklyn for that nothing school.

Why are you so against it? Most youth would be well served going there. What comparable options are there in the area? It puts that area on the map

I don’t believe Poly put Park Slope on the map. Park Slope has been on the map for brownstones and decent public schools for decades. For private schools many neighbors send their kids to Berkeley Carroll or Parker, Saint Ann.

Without those schools and poly, the blockbuster home sales wouldn’t happen. People spending 5mm+ on those brownstones aren’t using the public schools. And they are the ones who make the neighborhood nice

I'm older so those brownstones were def 2-4 mm in my years with grade school kids, but my friends def did 321 if they were zoned. even when they paid cash for the brownstone. Maybe in the last 10 years it's changed, but I doubt it.

Poly would take kids with LD when BC wouldn't so the lower school was never thought of as "better". it was just accessible to more families.

BC’s exmissions are way worse than poly

Why is this the only thing people care about? Exmissions results can change year to year. I also don’t understand why a handful of less than optimal results has to tarnish a schools reputation. Yes, some kids will go to CUNYs or SUNYs or the Elon’s of the world and maybe they’re doing it because it’s the right fit or that’s where they’re getting the most money. Clearly the good students can get into good colleges of any of these places, including the 3T and 4T.

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so raises an interesting question - put exmissions to the side for now -

do the TT teach better? have better resources? more opportunities? versus 2/3 T schools

anyone have kids in several different tiers of schools and can they share thoughts on the question?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m in Brooklyn and had no idea Poly was impressive. I have a very negative view of the school and the academics there. There’s more to life than exmissions and the lifers who are now adult and the children I know there are not academic, not particularly bright, not community minded at all.

A lot of reputation and cache starts as unfounded folklore on social media and website like this and just kind of catches on because people “read about it”. So a lot of hidden gems get missed and conversely other schools have overinflated and hyped up expectations

Sorry to hurt your feelings. I live close to the lower school and know the private scene quite well. If you have a slightly stupid jock or a self-serious future Broadway stah who won’t get to higher level math or an unweighted A in humanities courses, I’m sure its great.

Sorry but I really wasn’t thinking about you and I wasn’t even referring to any specific school, not even Packer which I can infer you are referring to but it doesn’t matter anyway. So don’t worry about my feelings, just your own lol. Anywho my comment applies to a general swathe of schools. And no two people will have the same impressions of a school. But my point is when someone labels or brands a school a certain way on places like this, that is the only thing the clueless and uninformed can hang their hat on

It was clearly about poly. It adds value to park slope, idk why that neighbor would attack it. Many high income people would never live there or south Brooklyn without such an esteemed educational option.

No one moves to south Brooklyn for that nothing school.

Why are you so against it? Most youth would be well served going there. What comparable options are there in the area? It puts that area on the map

I don’t believe Poly put Park Slope on the map. Park Slope has been on the map for brownstones and decent public schools for decades. For private schools many neighbors send their kids to Berkeley Carroll or Parker, Saint Ann.

Without those schools and poly, the blockbuster home sales wouldn’t happen. People spending 5mm+ on those brownstones aren’t using the public schools. And they are the ones who make the neighborhood nice

I'm older so those brownstones were def 2-4 mm in my years with grade school kids, but my friends def did 321 if they were zoned. even when they paid cash for the brownstone. Maybe in the last 10 years it's changed, but I doubt it.

Poly would take kids with LD when BC wouldn't so the lower school was never thought of as "better". it was just accessible to more families.

BC’s exmissions are way worse than poly

Why is this the only thing people care about? Exmissions results can change year to year. I also don’t understand why a handful of less than optimal results has to tarnish a schools reputation. Yes, some kids will go to CUNYs or SUNYs or the Elon’s of the world and maybe they’re doing it because it’s the right fit or that’s where they’re getting the most money. Clearly the good students can get into good colleges of any of these places, including the 3T and 4T.

Exmissions aren’t the point. The point is that poster said Poly has way more neurodivergent students and BC was more competitive to get into. Both are far from the reality and the exmissions reflect that

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There are degrees of criticism. There is constructive, fact based criticism. Then there are those who use nasty, childish language to describe the schools, and, worse yet, parents, and even worse yet, kids who go there. That's not OK. There are a few posters here who do that. They are very obvious. Then at least one of them gets even worse and does the "who me" garbage. People just need to report and/or ignore them.

When I say something negative about a school, I am very careful with my language and always try to qualify it by noting that my comments likely do not apply to everyone there, as there are no schools that are all good or all bad.

Let's move on? Ok?

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Anonymous wrote:so raises an interesting question - put exmissions to the side for now -

do the TT teach better? have better resources? more opportunities? versus 2/3 T schools

anyone have kids in several different tiers of schools and can they share thoughts on the question?

The TT schools are more selective, particularly at the 9th grade entry point, and they will not hesitate to counsel out DCs who can't keep up with a curriculum that gets very rigorous across the board in high school. The other "tiers," in addition to meeting the needs of their top-performing students, will have more wiggle room for students who aren't more clearly bound for the most selective colleges.

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Anonymous wrote:so raises an interesting question - put exmissions to the side for now -

do the TT teach better? have better resources? more opportunities? versus 2/3 T schools

anyone have kids in several different tiers of schools and can they share thoughts on the question?

We looked at a wide variety of schools for high school. Dalton seemed to have a lot of co-curricular opportunities that would probably help in college admissions. One of the students at their open house panel talked about a summer internship they got through Dalton in the NY courts. I believe they also have a science research program. Packer also had several of these unique co-curricular programs like a 3 year science research program, a journalism program and some sort of history research program where you go out and do research at the Brooklyn Historical Society and places like that. I think these sorts of things help and other schools are following suit. We were told by both Friends and Xavier that they are starting a science research program next school year. Xavier also has an Asian Studies fellowship and a Holocaust Studies program. CGPS and Regis also have some niche fellowship programs. I’m sure these sorts of opportunities help pad the resumes and the opportunities may be more plentiful at the TTs. I found that the TTs don’t necessarily advertise the co-curricular opportunities they offer very well, at least not on their websites.

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We toured Grace and they spoke a lot about a 10th grade independent project that everyone does. It takes much of the year and if structured properly is a great "passion project" that looks really good on an application. It seemed like some kids treated it this way and did some interesting, meaningful work while others kind of punted on it. Which I think is Grace in a nutshell - its top kids are very strong but it has a more broad student body with some kids who are a bit less academic (though not dumb).

I think they also had parents offering internships, and some connections to NYU and Cooper Union.

Overall, it is nice that some schools facilitate these things but realistically, these are children of the privileged movers and shakers of NYC, so if the school didn't help, it still wouldn't be that hard for the kids to find something through mom, dad, a neighbor, etc.

I think the key is that whatever a kid does can be presented sincerely and not just as something an overpriced consultant told them to do for college and will be dropped like a bad habit the day they get in. If you started some charity, why did you need to start your own rather than build on an existing one (I have heard several colleges say that in some ways they would rather you go to an existing organization and make it better than start your own) - if you build a new one, will you really continue it? Highly doubtful. There are also tons of passionate violinists and fencers who are done the second it has fulfilled its purpose...

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Anonymous wrote:I’m in Brooklyn and had no idea Poly was impressive. I have a very negative view of the school and the academics there. There’s more to life than exmissions and the lifers who are now adult and the children I know there are not academic, not particularly bright, not community minded at all.

A lot of reputation and cache starts as unfounded folklore on social media and website like this and just kind of catches on because people “read about it”. So a lot of hidden gems get missed and conversely other schools have overinflated and hyped up expectations

Sorry to hurt your feelings. I live close to the lower school and know the private scene quite well. If you have a slightly stupid jock or a self-serious future Broadway stah who won’t get to higher level math or an unweighted A in humanities courses, I’m sure its great.

Sorry but I really wasn’t thinking about you and I wasn’t even referring to any specific school, not even Packer which I can infer you are referring to but it doesn’t matter anyway. So don’t worry about my feelings, just your own lol. Anywho my comment applies to a general swathe of schools. And no two people will have the same impressions of a school. But my point is when someone labels or brands a school a certain way on places like this, that is the only thing the clueless and uninformed can hang their hat on

It was clearly about poly. It adds value to park slope, idk why that neighbor would attack it. Many high income people would never live there or south Brooklyn without such an esteemed educational option.

No one moves to south Brooklyn for that nothing school.

Why are you so against it? Most youth would be well served going there. What comparable options are there in the area? It puts that area on the map

I don’t believe Poly put Park Slope on the map. Park Slope has been on the map for brownstones and decent public schools for decades. For private schools many neighbors send their kids to Berkeley Carroll or Parker, Saint Ann.

Without those schools and poly, the blockbuster home sales wouldn’t happen. People spending 5mm+ on those brownstones aren’t using the public schools. And they are the ones who make the neighborhood nice

I'm older so those brownstones were def 2-4 mm in my years with grade school kids, but my friends def did 321 if they were zoned. even when they paid cash for the brownstone. Maybe in the last 10 years it's changed, but I doubt it.

Poly would take kids with LD when BC wouldn't so the lower school was never thought of as "better". it was just accessible to more families.

BC’s exmissions are way worse than poly

Why is this the only thing people care about? Exmissions results can change year to year. I also don’t understand why a handful of less than optimal results has to tarnish a schools reputation. Yes, some kids will go to CUNYs or SUNYs or the Elon’s of the world and maybe they’re doing it because it’s the right fit or that’s where they’re getting the most money. Clearly the good students can get into good colleges of any of these places, including the 3T and 4T.

Exmissions aren’t the point. The point is that poster said Poly has way more neurodivergent students and BC was more competitive to get into. Both are far from the reality and the exmissions reflect that

I’m the “Poly hater” and didn’t write that. I like how upset you are. Now go to the racist student population and parents. Or just crybaby to Jeff, per your uzh.

The biggest whiners on the planet. It’s crazy.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m in Brooklyn and had no idea Poly was impressive. I have a very negative view of the school and the academics there. There’s more to life than exmissions and the lifers who are now adult and the children I know there are not academic, not particularly bright, not community minded at all.

A lot of reputation and cache starts as unfounded folklore on social media and website like this and just kind of catches on because people “read about it”. So a lot of hidden gems get missed and conversely other schools have overinflated and hyped up expectations

Sorry to hurt your feelings. I live close to the lower school and know the private scene quite well. If you have a slightly stupid jock or a self-serious future Broadway stah who won’t get to higher level math or an unweighted A in humanities courses, I’m sure its great.

Sorry but I really wasn’t thinking about you and I wasn’t even referring to any specific school, not even Packer which I can infer you are referring to but it doesn’t matter anyway. So don’t worry about my feelings, just your own lol. Anywho my comment applies to a general swathe of schools. And no two people will have the same impressions of a school. But my point is when someone labels or brands a school a certain way on places like this, that is the only thing the clueless and uninformed can hang their hat on

It was clearly about poly. It adds value to park slope, idk why that neighbor would attack it. Many high income people would never live there or south Brooklyn without such an esteemed educational option.

No one moves to south Brooklyn for that nothing school.

Why are you so against it? Most youth would be well served going there. What comparable options are there in the area? It puts that area on the map

I don’t believe Poly put Park Slope on the map. Park Slope has been on the map for brownstones and decent public schools for decades. For private schools many neighbors send their kids to Berkeley Carroll or Parker, Saint Ann.

Without those schools and poly, the blockbuster home sales wouldn’t happen. People spending 5mm+ on those brownstones aren’t using the public schools. And they are the ones who make the neighborhood nice

I'm older so those brownstones were def 2-4 mm in my years with grade school kids, but my friends def did 321 if they were zoned. even when they paid cash for the brownstone. Maybe in the last 10 years it's changed, but I doubt it.

Poly would take kids with LD when BC wouldn't so the lower school was never thought of as "better". it was just accessible to more families.

BC’s exmissions are way worse than poly

Why is this the only thing people care about? Exmissions results can change year to year. I also don’t understand why a handful of less than optimal results has to tarnish a schools reputation. Yes, some kids will go to CUNYs or SUNYs or the Elon’s of the world and maybe they’re doing it because it’s the right fit or that’s where they’re getting the most money. Clearly the good students can get into good colleges of any of these places, including the 3T and 4T.

Exmissions aren’t the point. The point is that poster said Poly has way more neurodivergent students and BC was more competitive to get into. Both are far from the reality and the exmissions reflect that

I’m the “Poly hater” and didn’t write that. I like how upset you are. Now go to the racist student population and parents. Or just crybaby to Jeff, per your uzh.

The biggest whiners on the planet. It’s crazy.

“Poly would take kids with LD when BC wouldn't so the lower school was never thought of as "better".” That was you, and very few would think of BC as better academically. Next time, don’t describe a school’s students as “morons.” What’s the average SAT or exmission at your kid’s school? And name one private school with decent academics and a hefty price tag that couldn’t conceivably have an un-PC scandal (you haven’t provided a link to it, no one believes poly students are burning crosses in black face like you say)

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Anonymous wrote:I’m in Brooklyn and had no idea Poly was impressive. I have a very negative view of the school and the academics there. There’s more to life than exmissions and the lifers who are now adult and the children I know there are not academic, not particularly bright, not community minded at all.

A lot of reputation and cache starts as unfounded folklore on social media and website like this and just kind of catches on because people “read about it”. So a lot of hidden gems get missed and conversely other schools have overinflated and hyped up expectations

Sorry to hurt your feelings. I live close to the lower school and know the private scene quite well. If you have a slightly stupid jock or a self-serious future Broadway stah who won’t get to higher level math or an unweighted A in humanities courses, I’m sure its great.

Sorry but I really wasn’t thinking about you and I wasn’t even referring to any specific school, not even Packer which I can infer you are referring to but it doesn’t matter anyway. So don’t worry about my feelings, just your own lol. Anywho my comment applies to a general swathe of schools. And no two people will have the same impressions of a school. But my point is when someone labels or brands a school a certain way on places like this, that is the only thing the clueless and uninformed can hang their hat on

It was clearly about poly. It adds value to park slope, idk why that neighbor would attack it. Many high income people would never live there or south Brooklyn without such an esteemed educational option.

No one moves to south Brooklyn for that nothing school.

Why are you so against it? Most youth would be well served going there. What comparable options are there in the area? It puts that area on the map

I don’t believe Poly put Park Slope on the map. Park Slope has been on the map for brownstones and decent public schools for decades. For private schools many neighbors send their kids to Berkeley Carroll or Parker, Saint Ann.

Without those schools and poly, the blockbuster home sales wouldn’t happen. People spending 5mm+ on those brownstones aren’t using the public schools. And they are the ones who make the neighborhood nice

I'm older so those brownstones were def 2-4 mm in my years with grade school kids, but my friends def did 321 if they were zoned. even when they paid cash for the brownstone. Maybe in the last 10 years it's changed, but I doubt it.

Poly would take kids with LD when BC wouldn't so the lower school was never thought of as "better". it was just accessible to more families.

BC’s exmissions are way worse than poly

Why is this the only thing people care about? Exmissions results can change year to year. I also don’t understand why a handful of less than optimal results has to tarnish a schools reputation. Yes, some kids will go to CUNYs or SUNYs or the Elon’s of the world and maybe they’re doing it because it’s the right fit or that’s where they’re getting the most money. Clearly the good students can get into good colleges of any of these places, including the 3T and 4T.

Exmissions aren’t the point. The point is that poster said Poly has way more neurodivergent students and BC was more competitive to get into. Both are far from the reality and the exmissions reflect that

I’m the “Poly hater” and didn’t write that. I like how upset you are. Now go to the racist student population and parents. Or just crybaby to Jeff, per your uzh.

The biggest whiners on the planet. It’s crazy.

“Poly would take kids with LD when BC wouldn't so the lower school was never thought of as "better".” That was you, and very few would think of BC as better academically. Next time, don’t describe a school’s students as “morons.” What’s the average SAT or exmission at your kid’s school? And name one private school with decent academics and a hefty price tag that couldn’t conceivably have an un-PC scandal (you haven’t provided a link to it, no one believes poly students are burning crosses in black face like you say)

Literally not me. Since you are such a complainer please feel free to scream to the moderators.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/students-blackface-racist-video-poly-prep-country-day-school-new-york-a8738316.html

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Anonymous wrote:We toured Grace and they spoke a lot about a 10th grade independent project that everyone does. It takes much of the year and if structured properly is a great "passion project" that looks really good on an application. It seemed like some kids treated it this way and did some interesting, meaningful work while others kind of punted on it. Which I think is Grace in a nutshell - its top kids are very strong but it has a more broad student body with some kids who are a bit less academic (though not dumb).

I think they also had parents offering internships, and some connections to NYU and Cooper Union.

Overall, it is nice that some schools facilitate these things but realistically, these are children of the privileged movers and shakers of NYC, so if the school didn't help, it still wouldn't be that hard for the kids to find something through mom, dad, a neighbor, etc.

I think the key is that whatever a kid does can be presented sincerely and not just as something an overpriced consultant told them to do for college and will be dropped like a bad habit the day they get in. If you started some charity, why did you need to start your own rather than build on an existing one (I have heard several colleges say that in some ways they would rather you go to an existing organization and make it better than start your own) - if you build a new one, will you really continue it? Highly doubtful. There are also tons of passionate violinists and fencers who are done the second it has fulfilled its purpose...

My good friend has a child at Grace (lovely child, doing well in at the school, good fit for her as a child who is very bright, kind, not particularly motivated, no intense extra curriculars, but a well rounded, well mannered girl). The passion projects are just as you describe. Some are very interesting and the students clearly put a lot of work into them and it was cool to see. Some were.... kind of funny to see in the booklet. Like, the student could have easily created this piece of artwork in one afternoon and said "this is my passion project- this drawing". They do not appear to be the sort of school that counsels out students for not putting in the effort.

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OK, so the alleged "blackface" video is from 2013 (the article from 2019 claimed it had been filmed 6 years ago).

Please check the year in the calendar and get a life.