NCS Parents - "I wish I had known x" type advice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suppose people might be interested to know that NCS was the inspiration for the Book Queen Bees and Wannabes and the movie "Mean Girls" (though Lindsay Lohan is NOT an NCS alum)

Well that explains a lot. It seems that those "mean girls" from NCS have moved on to become DCUM snarks.

Can you read? Go back and read the last few posts. Try as you might, you can't pin "mean girls" on NCS.

Re mean girls on DCUM: you're obviously a mean girl (or boy) yourself, so why don't you help us out by telling us the name of your own high school?

The research done for the book Queen Bees and Wannabes took place at various schools, but mostly at the National Cathedral School for girls in Washington, DC [NCS]. Of course, the author wouldn't "pin it" on just one school - but the author wasn't teaching in Montana. In this 1995 article, she was teaching girls at GDS and NCS: http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/6023/esteem-queen/

[Anonymous]

PP - and this

http://townhall.com/columnists/suzannefields/2002/03/04/mean_girls_in_the_mean_streets_of_middle_school

[Anonymous]

The drama queen from my DDs class is heading to 9th at NCS next year. I have no idea how, she isn't very academic. Have fun folks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suppose people might be interested to know that NCS was the inspiration for the Book Queen Bees and Wannabes and the movie "Mean Girls" (though Lindsay Lohan is NOT an NCS alum)

Well that explains a lot. It seems that those "mean girls" from NCS have moved on to become DCUM snarks.

Can you read? Go back and read the last few posts. Try as you might, you can't pin "mean girls" on NCS.

Re mean girls on DCUM: you're obviously a mean girl (or boy) yourself, so why don't you help us out by telling us the name of your own high school?

The research done for the book Queen Bees and Wannabes took place at various schools, but mostly at the National Cathedral School for girls in Washington, DC [NCS]. Of course, the author wouldn't "pin it" on just one school - but the author wasn't teaching in Montana. In this 1995 article, she was teaching girls at GDS and NCS: http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/6023/esteem-queen/

"Of course the author wouldn't want to pin it on NCS...."

Seriously, PP? I read both your links. The first says she holds seminars at 30 area privates and the Girl Scouts. The second link mentions her clients include 60 area privates. I didn't find any support for your claim that she "mostly" worked at NCS - and even if that's true, wouldn't it be a GOOD thing that the school is hiring her to address mean girl behavior?

Get a grip. I'm the PP whose daughter turned down NCS. I have no other connection to the place. But it's no surprise a journalist chose to follow Wiseman to girls school everyone had heard of, as opposed to some no-name school. I repeat: Get a grip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The drama queen from my DDs class is heading to 9th at NCS next year. I have no idea how, she isn't very academic. Have fun folks!

St. Patricks?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The drama queen from my DDs class is heading to 9th at NCS next year. I have no idea how, she isn't very academic. Have fun folks!

I'm the PP whose DD turned down NCS. I will say that one reason was that NCS also took the meanest girl from our K-6, and a hanger- on. I posted a while back me theory that NCS may be thinking it's selecting for "strong" girls but ends up taking some mean girls too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The drama queen from my DDs class is heading to 9th at NCS next year. I have no idea how, she isn't very academic. Have fun folks!

St. Patricks?

No, but if a girl like this is coming from St. patrick's too...yikes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The drama queen from my DDs class is heading to 9th at NCS next year. I have no idea how, she isn't very academic. Have fun folks!

I'm the PP whose DD turned down NCS. I will say that one reason was that NCS also took the meanest girl from our K-6, and a hanger- on. I posted a while back me theory that NCS may be thinking it's selecting for "strong" girls but ends up taking some mean girls too.

Wow I have also posted that hypothesis. Ncs mistakes aggression for strength and manipulation for charm.

[Anonymous]

I don't have a kid at NCS, but it sounds like some of these moms need to back off. Warning folks about a 14 year old "drama queen" seems really excessive to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suppose people might be interested to know that NCS was the inspiration for the Book Queen Bees and Wannabes and the movie "Mean Girls" (though Lindsay Lohan is NOT an NCS alum)

Well that explains a lot. It seems that those "mean girls" from NCS have moved on to become DCUM snarks.

Can you read? Go back and read the last few posts. Try as you might, you can't pin "mean girls" on NCS.

Re mean girls on DCUM: you're obviously a mean girl (or boy) yourself, so why don't you help us out by telling us the name of your own high school?

The research done for the book Queen Bees and Wannabes took place at various schools, but mostly at the National Cathedral School for girls in Washington, DC [NCS]. Of course, the author wouldn't "pin it" on just one school - but the author wasn't teaching in Montana. In this 1995 article, she was teaching girls at GDS and NCS: http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/6023/esteem-queen/

"Of course the author wouldn't want to pin it on NCS...."

Seriously, PP? I read both your links. The first says she holds seminars at 30 area privates and the Girl Scouts. The second link mentions her clients include 60 area privates. I didn't find any support for your claim that she "mostly" worked at NCS - and even if that's true, wouldn't it be a GOOD thing that the school is hiring her to address mean girl behavior?

Get a grip. I'm the PP whose daughter turned down NCS. I have no other connection to the place. But it's no surprise a journalist chose to follow Wiseman to girls school everyone had heard of, as opposed to some no-name school. I repeat: Get a grip.

I hope I’m not the first to break this to you, but Citizen Kane was largely based on the life of William Randolph Hearst despite what Orson Welles said at the time of the film’s release.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_%C3%A0_clef

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_%C3%A0_clef

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suppose people might be interested to know that NCS was the inspiration for the Book Queen Bees and Wannabes and the movie "Mean Girls" (though Lindsay Lohan is NOT an NCS alum)

Well that explains a lot. It seems that those "mean girls" from NCS have moved on to become DCUM snarks.

Can you read? Go back and read the last few posts. Try as you might, you can't pin "mean girls" on NCS.

Re mean girls on DCUM: you're obviously a mean girl (or boy) yourself, so why don't you help us out by telling us the name of your own high school?

The research done for the book Queen Bees and Wannabes took place at various schools, but mostly at the National Cathedral School for girls in Washington, DC [NCS]. Of course, the author wouldn't "pin it" on just one school - but the author wasn't teaching in Montana. In this 1995 article, she was teaching girls at GDS and NCS: http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/6023/esteem-queen/

"Of course the author wouldn't want to pin it on NCS...."

Seriously, PP? I read both your links. The first says she holds seminars at 30 area privates and the Girl Scouts. The second link mentions her clients include 60 area privates. I didn't find any support for your claim that she "mostly" worked at NCS - and even if that's true, wouldn't it be a GOOD thing that the school is hiring her to address mean girl behavior?

Get a grip. I'm the PP whose daughter turned down NCS. I have no other connection to the place. But it's no surprise a journalist chose to follow Wiseman to girls school everyone had heard of, as opposed to some no-name school. I repeat: Get a grip.

I hope I’m not the first to break this to you, but Citizen Kane was largely based on the life of William Randolph Hearst despite what Orson Welles said at the time of the film’s release.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_%C3%A0_clef

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_%C3%A0_clef

Hey honey, if you have nothing to say, you don't have to say anything. It's OK, there's no need to feel bad about being at a loss for words.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The drama queen from my DDs class is heading to 9th at NCS next year. I have no idea how, she isn't very academic. Have fun folks!

I'm the PP whose DD turned down NCS. I will say that one reason was that NCS also took the meanest girl from our K-6, and a hanger- on. I posted a while back me theory that NCS may be thinking it's selecting for "strong" girls but ends up taking some mean girls too.

They took the only bully in our very nice grade of girls, too. I would normally never say this about a child, but this girl was a special kind of mean (learned it from her mother). That was a big reason my daughter didn't want to go. There are lots of strong girls out there who aren't mean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The drama queen from my DDs class is heading to 9th at NCS next year. I have no idea how, she isn't very academic. Have fun folks!

I'm the PP whose DD turned down NCS. I will say that one reason was that NCS also took the meanest girl from our K-6, and a hanger- on. I posted a while back me theory that NCS may be thinking it's selecting for "strong" girls but ends up taking some mean girls too.

They took the only bully in our very nice grade of girls, too. I would normally never say this about a child, but this girl was a special kind of mean (learned it from her mother). That was a big reason my daughter didn't want to go. There are lots of strong girls out there who aren't mean.

I wonder if our kids were at the same school....

[Anonymous]

What about Madeira? What kind of girl does well there?

[Anonymous]

I will say that the school was very helpful throughout the admissions process in answering questions regarding the curriculum and honest about their limitations.

I also agree that the makeup of the class is very important, and like previous posters, we also declined a spot for the upcoming year based on the girls we know who were accepted and those already at the school.