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Anonymous
This list only includes "Day Schools," so there are a lot of top-notch places like Andover, Exeter, Choate, Lawrenceville, Deerfield and--more locally-- Episcopal and Georgetown Prep are not represented. |
Anonymous
| (Alum here again) Thank you 16:15. I found that competition was fostered and success rewarded at Landon regardless of whether it was in the classroom, field or stage. If you were the best handbell ringer or artist or writer or mathematician or LAX player, you recieved substantial approbation from the school and from your classmates. My recollection of my Landon years was that the sqeaky wheel did not get the grease. If you excelled at something and signed up to the program, the Landon experience was outstanding. If you fell behind or did not excel you were left behind and largely ignored. That is something serious to consider before sending your child to Landon. Things may have changed and I was hoping to see if Landon Boys or parents have had a different experience. |
Anonymous
Another thing is that St. Albans has a deeper group of parental ivy legacies than any school in this area. Always has. Probably always will. But if you or family didn't go to an ivy, your chances of getting into one from St. Albans is no better than if you were coming from Landon. It's not on the school -- It is up to your DS. |
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Re matriculation stats, previous poster is half wrong. All the boarding schools are indeed represented but you have to click on boarding school stats! Episcopal is there as it is a boarding school. Prep is not yet listed, the guy who did this is a NYC dad and it is extremely interesting data.
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Anonymous
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Please stop slamming STA. As the Landon dad said, this thread is about Landon. Start a new thread where you can write all the smarmy STA junk like they are the only priviliged trust fund kids, that more parents are Ivy grads than any other school (how can you possibly know or even prove that?!), that there are drug dealers there...whatever.
This is about Landon and whether it is a good fit for the OP and perhaps others. If someone wants to compare the boys schools in the DC area, then you can go ahead and continue your smear campaign. Obviously, you have an axe to grind. Sorry about that. |
Anonymous
Are you kidding?! I was born and raised here, and it has always been called St. Alban's or STA. It is our first choice for our DS to apply next year. |
Anonymous
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Does Landon have a greater problem of bullying / intimidation than other good private schools in the area? How does the "military style" play out? Equal discipline for all -- keeping the bullies in check -- or overpowering the weak? |
Anonymous
| I'm also a hometown person and I have never heard the term STallbans. My friends from STA don't have trust funds and they weren't overindulged. |
Anonymous
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Landon absolutely has a problem with bullying. The bullies
without exception are either the athletes or large donors. Administration does nothing to help the situation. This is not a regular event at our other dc's school. |
Anonymous
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One of the nice things about this forum is that the rude and thoughtless comments are easy to spot and can be immediately discounted. How can these intellectual pygmies possibly have offspring admitted at such fine schools as Landon or St. Albans. Can there be any doubt about the simpletons who conduct themselves in the very same manner that they purport to abhor in their inflammatory posts. The irony is that these posts are themselves dishonest and bullying:
1) "sta was just better acedemically. way better." 2) "talk to anyone outside of bethesda, and St Albans is recognized to be academically superior." 3) "I guess cheating lacrosse players anger the pp more than drug-dealing STA kids." 4) "I do prefer kids getting tossed equivocally and equally rather than a bunch of snotty lax bros who think they can get away with anything (and do)." 5) "... STALLbans. The reputation has always been a place for overindulged children from familes with exaggerated self worth to stall until they hit trust fund age." 6) " I was born and raised here, and it has always been called St. Alban's or STA." 7) "Landon absolutely has a problem with bullying. The bullies without exception are either the athletes or large donors." If you do not feel embarrassed for posting this kind of drivel, the rest of us feel embarrassed for you. |
Anonymous
On the contrary, I think you should feel embarrased. If you are so above it all, why the need to take the time to put these statements in print again, and then attach your own rude judgements to them? |
Anonymous
| Landon does have a problem with bullies. That's factual and is not inflammatory. Check with the administration and find out how many seminars and parent group discussions they have held over the past couple of years (and then some) about this very topic. |
Anonymous
| PP - my kids' public elementary school has the same types of seminars. And there is no observable bullying there. They also teach the kids how to recognize and report it (even though it is not happening). They have anti-drug and some level of personal health classes for kids (and parents), and that isn't a problem either. They have seminars on ADD, how to discipline your child, etc. Doesn't mean those problems are rampant in the school Your assumption that learning about an issue is only relevant when the issue is a full-blown problem is false. |
Anonymous
| PP, all good points and I agree. However, there have been very specific incidents of bullying which are brought up in very specific meetings at Landon. |
Anonymous
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To PP 10.28
Could you be more specific please? What incidents of bullying? What exactly happened? How has it been dealt with? Is it still happening? |