Deep Racism Problems at NCS and STA: Questions/Answers we can't get through admissions

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Anonymous wrote:NP. Chevy crowd at Landon is as bad as at STA. One even took down BLM signs in their neighborhood this summer and posts really offensive comments on a regular basis.

False. Landon crowd worse. And yes, they had a field day taking down BLM signs this summer that kids in the neighborhood were posting. Parents are much more the problem than kids generally.

Tearing down signs> burning buildings

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Personally I like that small group of Whitman HS activists that stapled up every tree in bethesda this summer about how homeowners need to sell their houses for free for diversity’s sake. cool. Nice concept. Yeah.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP. Chevy crowd at Landon is as bad as at STA. One even took down BLM signs in their neighborhood this summer and posts really offensive comments on a regular basis.

False. Landon crowd worse. And yes, they had a field day taking down BLM signs this summer that kids in the neighborhood were posting. Parents are much more the problem than kids generally.

Tearing down signs> burning buildings

There were no burning buildings in Spring Valley. They were highschool kids putting up signs.

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People complaining STA should go to Sidwell or GDS. Sidwell has 54% POC and more than 20% African Americans in upper school; GDS has less POC in its student body (40%), but still a big portion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP. Chevy crowd at Landon is as bad as at STA. One even took down BLM signs in their neighborhood this summer and posts really offensive comments on a regular basis.

False. Landon crowd worse. And yes, they had a field day taking down BLM signs this summer that kids in the neighborhood were posting. Parents are much more the problem than kids generally.

Tearing down signs> burning buildings

There were no burning buildings in Spring Valley. They were highschool kids putting up signs.

This. Oh the great riots of Quebec street!

[Anonymous]

From STA:

"The students admitted to St. Albans for the 2020-21 school year are the most diverse cohort in the history of the school with 57% students of color."

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Anonymous wrote:People complaining STA should go to Sidwell or GDS. Sidwell has 54% POC and more than 20% African Americans in upper school; GDS has less POC in its student body (40%), but still a big portion.

STA is 43% POC. So the obvious question is what is wrong with GDS?

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Anonymous wrote:Setting the elitism, racism, anti-semitism, and sexism aside, is STA really all that hard academically? I know a lot of boys who claim to have 3.7-3.8 unweighted GPAs in the upper school. These are not book worm types who spend their free time in the library studying, these are boys who spend their free time playing club sports and partying a lot. If STA is really that strenuous then how do so many students have such high GPAs?

My son’s experience is yes. He still hangs out with public school kids from his elementary school (now in HS) and he does a LOT more work than the public school kids by everyone’s estimation. I have no doubt he is learning more than them. But I also have no doubt the public school kids are getting a sufficient education and will get into better colleges than my son. My son will likely do 4-5 hours of outside work today, in addition to distance classes. He does take a couple of advanced classes and drew some harder teachers for his regular classes. But it is a lot.

As for kids with high GPAs who don’t seem to work a lot, I could see that if the boys are not taking any honors classes and few electives. The classes aren’t weighted so all the grading shows up the same (though not as a 3.7, but rather the school uses 100 point scale). I also think there are a fair number of very bright boys who don’t need to work all that much and still do very well, probably similar to other independent schools in the area.

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No offense, but it's obvious STA is harder than publics. The real question is is it harder than other comparable privates?

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Anonymous wrote:From STA:

"The students admitted to St. Albans for the 2020-21 school year are the most diverse cohort in the history of the school with 57% students of color."

Wow, so if they keep going the white students will soon be the minority.

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“Students of color” means biracial Asian and white children too, so yes, that is to be expected and no big accomplishment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“Students of color” means biracial Asian and white children too, so yes, that is to be expected and no big accomplishment.

Then it isn't an accomplishment for any school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Students of color” means biracial Asian and white children too, so yes, that is to be expected and no big accomplishment.

Then it isn't an accomplishment for any school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Students of color” means biracial Asian and white children too, so yes, that is to be expected and no big accomplishment.

Then it isn't an accomplishment for any school.

yes, it's crazy. The "POC" I know from my kids' friend groups are 1/2 or even 1/4 Asian. They're paler and more anglo looking than my white kids and just as privileged (actually more so in the cases I'm thinking of).
It's totally insane that these schools get credit for these kids as POC. I mean, really?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Students of color” means biracial Asian and white children too, so yes, that is to be expected and no big accomplishment.

Then it isn't an accomplishment for any school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Students of color” means biracial Asian and white children too, so yes, that is to be expected and no big accomplishment.

Then it isn't an accomplishment for any school.

yes, it's crazy. The "POC" I know from my kids' friend groups are 1/2 or even 1/4 Asian. They're paler and more anglo looking than my white kids and just as privileged (actually more so in the cases I'm thinking of).
It's totally insane that these schools get credit for these kids as POC. I mean, really?

If you think there should be more Black students (I wholeheartedly agree!) say that rather than whatever this mess is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Students of color” means biracial Asian and white children too, so yes, that is to be expected and no big accomplishment.

Then it isn't an accomplishment for any school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Students of color” means biracial Asian and white children too, so yes, that is to be expected and no big accomplishment.

Then it isn't an accomplishment for any school.

yes, it's crazy. The "POC" I know from my kids' friend groups are 1/2 or even 1/4 Asian. They're paler and more anglo looking than my white kids and just as privileged (actually more so in the cases I'm thinking of).
It's totally insane that these schools get credit for these kids as POC. I mean, really?

If you think there should be more Black students (I wholeheartedly agree!) say that rather than whatever this mess is.

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