Georgetown Prep is taking a beating with this Kanvanugh scandal...does it deserve it?

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Anonymous wrote:To the people comparing today's schools to the 80's or 1950's, let me offer than as a graduate of a school in the 1980's, given chronological proximity to the 1960's, the lower drinking ages and the only emerging "just say no" and MADD campaigns, that times were somewhat different then as compared to now.

The early 80s were kind of the peak of the “Porky’s” era.

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Anonymous wrote:It's easy to bash Prep, but I'd take the word any day of man molded from boy to leader by this great Jesuit institution.

What about of a woman molded by Holton Arms?

More sexually promiscuous and partied reputation, particularly compared to Stone Ridge and Visi.

Oh please stop trashing women. You're ok with "boys will be boys"...but go ahead and ALWAYS blame the woman you piece of trash/Trump voter.

You mean Clinton voter.

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Anonymous wrote:If women don't support themselves financially pp, they are going to be more dependent on the white male patriarchy and its power structure.

Why white male patriarchy? Why not Asian or Black male Patriarchy? Or are only white males deemed worthy of being assholes?

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Anonymous wrote:I am sorry but my sons attended Georgetown Prep and we don't live or know anyone at Prep that lives in "1952". In any case my mom was working in "1952" anyway. In our household we needed both salaries to afford to live where we live in DC AND to be able to send our 3 children (21,23,33) to both the coed DC Public and Charter Schools and to the private schools from where they graduated. The ignorance of your 1952 comment is breathtaking. I have no idea what exactly happened to Dr. Ford but I am sure there is nothing special about Gprep being an all boys school that brought it about. That is too easy an answer. My 21 year old son attends a Coed "liberal" College and that kind of attack happens on campus all too often. I attended an Historically Black College and know that this happened in the 80's and certainly continues now. THIS IS AN AMERICAN AND WORLDWIDE PROBLEM. If the judge is guilty he should NOT be able to hide behind Prep, or his relative privilege in society. He is guilty of doing something that happens all too often across our cultural landscape. This is not a "THEM" Problem. This is an "US" Problem. Stop running to your cultural corners and deal with it or SHUT UP!

By the way, My eldest offspring is a daughter and the best athlete in the family and the Academic AND Athletic my sons follow. Prep was a great experience for them and I would do it again and I am not Catholic, Rich or White.

Looks like you just chose the wrong school for your sons. That is all.

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Anonymous wrote:Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.

Good one

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing has changed. The athletes are the ones who engage in the inappropriate behavior 30 years ago and today. The only difference is that the drinking age is higher and it is less prevalent...but it is still happening at some level in not just boys schools, but in ALL schools.

I have a boy at one of these all male schools, not an athlete, and just a good mild mannered and smart kid. There are lots of these types of kids too. I do have to say, however, that he did shadow at GP when applying as a freshman, and he knew immediately it wasn't the place for him because of the culture of entitlement and privilege among the athletes.

He is at Gonzaga now and although you do have that same type of crowd there, the sheer size of the student body waters it down and it becomes less accepted/prevalent. Lots of kids like my DS (smart, nerdy, maybe a bit quirky) and I am grateful he landed there.

Enough with your rude and obnoxious generalizations. My son is not this way.

--Proud Mom of a Prep Athlete

Ha ha.

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Anonymous wrote:I was a highly recruited private school athlete from a major program, and all of this rungs very true. Here is my experience from early 1990's private school athlete life in the DC area:

As upper class athletes, we were treated like kings everywhere, all the time. While in school we regularly had house parties at our classmates Potomac/Bethesda mansions or at the Bethany beach houses. There was beer and other liquor at the ready. There were groups of generally freshmen and sophomore girls who would come to party. I didn't personally witness anything I would call date rape, but there was definitely a lot of sex. And I knew which of my teammates would likely be the ones to be accused of taking advantage of drunk girls. Looking back it was an awful environment.

It wasn't really any different in college - on recruiting visits we were plied with beer and girls. What surprises me aren't the random stories that do make it out, but just how pervasive this is everywhere across all sports and all age groups.

This still goes on. The moms of Prep athletes know it and know what their sons get away with. They see also see it in the college recruiting process. Nothing has really changed.

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Anonymous wrote:If women don't support themselves financially pp, they are going to be more dependent on the white male patriarchy and its power structure.

Why white male patriarchy? Why not Asian or Black male Patriarchy? Or are only white males deemed worthy of being assholes?

Yes it’s just white males. White women have in no way benefited from the patriarchy Ever notice how the white women who talks about the patriarchy are usually come from a family where the father is very wealthy?

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Anyone else seeing connections between the Catholic sex abuse scandal and the culture at Georgetown Day?

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone else seeing connections between the Catholic sex abuse scandal and the culture at Georgetown Day?

Oops Georgetown Prep (not Day!)

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Anonymous wrote:If women don't support themselves financially pp, they are going to be more dependent on the white male patriarchy and its power structure.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone else seeing connections between the Catholic sex abuse scandal and the culture at Georgetown Day?

No.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone else seeing connections between the Catholic sex abuse scandal and the culture at Georgetown Day?

No.

No.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone else seeing connections between the Catholic sex abuse scandal and the culture at Georgetown Day?

Oops Georgetown Prep (not Day!)

Yes.

In 2002 a boy was sexually molested by fr orr at Prep.

The Prep families and admin did a hatchet job on the victim and tried to expel him. The states attorney could not take the case to trial. The school, even though they are required reporters, waited over 7 months to tell the police destroying the investigation.

Google mark judge and fr Orr the story will disgust you.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone else seeing connections between the Catholic sex abuse scandal and the culture at Georgetown Day?

Oops Georgetown Prep (not Day!)

Of course.