At DC privates - Why are VA parents considered "inferior"?

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Anonymous wrote:I love NJ. It is the Garden State. The Shore is awesome!

Thanks for posting, Snooki.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm starting a new thread. Why are DC parents at DC privates such pompous assholes?

that's every dc private thread

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DC and baltimore have murder rates higher than most 3rd world violent countries http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2013/01/gun-violence-us-cities-compared-deadliest-nations-world/4412/

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Anonymous wrote:I love NJ. It is the Garden State. The Shore is awesome!

Thanks for posting, Snooki.

My family's has spent summers down the Shore for 4 generations. OCNJ is a great summer beach resort, Snooki or no!

[Anonymous]

i go with Anonymous 3/9 @22:39. Chevy Chase Md here. Had daughter long ago at NCRC, then god help me Potomac.
(What coukd we do but take that Potomac Admission with Beauvoir, Sidwell, GDS wait lists? How I regret not taking St O's, because it actually had a Head's supervision & instruction.). We were in a very weak public school situation then, so stuck.

I will say unequivocally virtually none of my DC, CC peer parents would EVER have considered in those days a VA private. I was from the South, open hearted, & rare. Potomac parents in my area with kids on "the bus"were virtually all alums, and these alum kids had weaker testing and mostly left by high school. One in my town entered their kid in K; a venture capitalist partner of a Board member. Gone to public by 1st; mom (a lawyer at home) couldn't stomach the VA atmosphere. (The successful DC/MD moms in VA came from the South & could cope with the culture.)

The difference? Do you like Bill Maher, read Slate or the Onion? Or not read? Redecorate your home & yourself? Tea party vs liberal? Music? Upward mobility Boards dominate your life vs serious nonprofits? Bleached blonde/matched pumps, or down to earth? How many face lifts? And, unlike me really, who'd schlep anywhere, few wanted to drive to VA for play. Nowadays I think the contest thought is vacuous VA venture capitalist gladhanders vs Chevy Chase K Str lobbyist opportunist gladhanders, so it's kind of even now apart from the commute.

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that was St Patricks (not St Os), bigregret not staying in DC for their instruction

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We recently moved to DC from NYC due to my DH's work. DC can't hold a candle to Manhattan. It is not cosmopolitan living. My friends would laugh at this thread.

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Anonymous wrote:We recently moved to DC from NYC due to my DH's work. DC can't hold a candle to Manhattan. It is not cosmopolitan living. My friends would laugh at this thread.

Go back to NY.

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Anonymous wrote:We recently moved to DC from NYC due to my DH's work. DC can't hold a candle to Manhattan. It is not cosmopolitan living. My friends would laugh at this thread.

No one said DC was NYC. Saying VA is to DC as NJ is to NY is not the same as saying DC is equal to NY. Please work on your reading comprehension. Hopefully your kids will receive a better education at their DC private than you did!

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Anonymous wrote:We recently moved to DC from NYC due to my DH's work. DC can't hold a candle to Manhattan. It is not cosmopolitan living. My friends would laugh at this thread.

If you go back to NYC, the wit and charm of both cities will increase.

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Anonymous wrote:i go with Anonymous 3/9 @22:39. Chevy Chase Md here. Had daughter long ago at NCRC, then god help me Potomac.
(What coukd we do but take that Potomac Admission with Beauvoir, Sidwell, GDS wait lists? How I regret not taking St O's, because it actually had a Head's supervision & instruction.). We were in a very weak public school situation then, so stuck.

I will say unequivocally virtually none of my DC, CC peer parents would EVER have considered in those days a VA private. I was from the South, open hearted, & rare. Potomac parents in my area with kids on "the bus"were virtually all alums, and these alum kids had weaker testing and mostly left by high school. One in my town entered their kid in K; a venture capitalist partner of a Board member. Gone to public by 1st; mom (a lawyer at home) couldn't stomach the VA atmosphere. (The successful DC/MD moms in VA came from the South & could cope with the culture.)

The difference? Do you like Bill Maher, read Slate or the Onion? Or not read? Redecorate your home & yourself? Tea party vs liberal? Music? Upward mobility Boards dominate your life vs serious nonprofits? Bleached blonde/matched pumps, or down to earth? How many face lifts? And, unlike me really, who'd schlep anywhere, few wanted to drive to VA for play. Nowadays I think the contest thought is vacuous VA venture capitalist gladhanders vs Chevy Chase K Str lobbyist opportunist gladhanders, so it's kind of even now apart from the commute.

Yes. You sound open hearted. And what are you talking about venture capitalists? There are a total of about 15 real ones in the DC area. This is not exactly a hotbed for venture activity.

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Anonymous wrote:i go with Anonymous 3/9 @22:39. Chevy Chase Md here. Had daughter long ago at NCRC, then god help me Potomac.
(What coukd we do but take that Potomac Admission with Beauvoir, Sidwell, GDS wait lists? How I regret not taking St O's, because it actually had a Head's supervision & instruction.). We were in a very weak public school situation then, so stuck.

I will say unequivocally virtually none of my DC, CC peer parents would EVER have considered in those days a VA private. I was from the South, open hearted, & rare. Potomac parents in my area with kids on "the bus"were virtually all alums, and these alum kids had weaker testing and mostly left by high school. One in my town entered their kid in K; a venture capitalist partner of a Board member. Gone to public by 1st; mom (a lawyer at home) couldn't stomach the VA atmosphere. (The successful DC/MD moms in VA came from the South & could cope with the culture.)

The difference? Do you like Bill Maher, read Slate or the Onion? Or not read? Redecorate your home & yourself? Tea party vs liberal? Music? Upward mobility Boards dominate your life vs serious nonprofits? Bleached blonde/matched pumps, or down to earth? How many face lifts? And, unlike me really, who'd schlep anywhere, few wanted to drive to VA for play. Nowadays I think the contest thought is vacuous VA venture capitalist gladhanders vs Chevy Chase K Str lobbyist opportunist gladhanders, so it's kind of even now apart from the commute.

I live in Virginia and send my children to a DC Big 3. I love Bill Maher, I read Slate AND the Onion. I decorated once - when we moved in - and haven't thought about it since. I love all kinds of music, so I don't know what that question is about. I volunteer for causes in which I have a personal stake, such as local nonprofits offering support to families facing cancer. I am a brunette and always have been. Pumps? Who wears those? I have never had a face lift. Heck, I haven't even had Botox. So what, exactly, is the difference?

Well, for one thing, we never seriously considered Potomac.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i go with Anonymous 3/9 @22:39. Chevy Chase Md here. Had daughter long ago at NCRC, then god help me Potomac.
(What coukd we do but take that Potomac Admission with Beauvoir, Sidwell, GDS wait lists? How I regret not taking St O's, because it actually had a Head's supervision & instruction.). We were in a very weak public school situation then, so stuck.

I will say unequivocally virtually none of my DC, CC peer parents would EVER have considered in those days a VA private. I was from the South, open hearted, & rare. Potomac parents in my area with kids on "the bus"were virtually all alums, and these alum kids had weaker testing and mostly left by high school. One in my town entered their kid in K; a venture capitalist partner of a Board member. Gone to public by 1st; mom (a lawyer at home) couldn't stomach the VA atmosphere. (The successful DC/MD moms in VA came from the South & could cope with the culture.)

The difference? Do you like Bill Maher, read Slate or the Onion? Or not read? Redecorate your home & yourself? Tea party vs liberal? Music? Upward mobility Boards dominate your life vs serious nonprofits? Bleached blonde/matched pumps, or down to earth? How many face lifts? And, unlike me really, who'd schlep anywhere, few wanted to drive to VA for play. Nowadays I think the contest thought is vacuous VA venture capitalist gladhanders vs Chevy Chase K Str lobbyist opportunist gladhanders, so it's kind of even now apart from the commute.

I live in Virginia and send my children to a DC Big 3. I love Bill Maher, I read Slate AND the Onion. I decorated once - when we moved in - and haven't thought about it since. I love all kinds of music, so I don't know what that question is about. I volunteer for causes in which I have a personal stake, such as local nonprofits offering support to families facing cancer. I am a brunette and always have been. Pumps? Who wears those? I have never had a face lift. Heck, I haven't even had Botox. So what, exactly, is the difference?

Well, for one thing, we never seriously considered Potomac.

So your point is that the exception proves the rule.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i go with Anonymous 3/9 @22:39. Chevy Chase Md here. Had daughter long ago at NCRC, then god help me Potomac.
(What coukd we do but take that Potomac Admission with Beauvoir, Sidwell, GDS wait lists? How I regret not taking St O's, because it actually had a Head's supervision & instruction.). We were in a very weak public school situation then, so stuck.

I will say unequivocally virtually none of my DC, CC peer parents would EVER have considered in those days a VA private. I was from the South, open hearted, & rare. Potomac parents in my area with kids on "the bus"were virtually all alums, and these alum kids had weaker testing and mostly left by high school. One in my town entered their kid in K; a venture capitalist partner of a Board member. Gone to public by 1st; mom (a lawyer at home) couldn't stomach the VA atmosphere. (The successful DC/MD moms in VA came from the South & could cope with the culture.)

The difference? Do you like Bill Maher, read Slate or the Onion? Or not read? Redecorate your home & yourself? Tea party vs liberal? Music? Upward mobility Boards dominate your life vs serious nonprofits? Bleached blonde/matched pumps, or down to earth? How many face lifts? And, unlike me really, who'd schlep anywhere, few wanted to drive to VA for play. Nowadays I think the contest thought is vacuous VA venture capitalist gladhanders vs Chevy Chase K Str lobbyist opportunist gladhanders, so it's kind of even now apart from the commute.

I live in Virginia and send my children to a DC Big 3. I love Bill Maher, I read Slate AND the Onion. I decorated once - when we moved in - and haven't thought about it since. I love all kinds of music, so I don't know what that question is about. I volunteer for causes in which I have a personal stake, such as local nonprofits offering support to families facing cancer. I am a brunette and always have been. Pumps? Who wears those? I have never had a face lift. Heck, I haven't even had Botox. So what, exactly, is the difference?

Well, for one thing, we never seriously considered Potomac.

So your point is that the exception proves the rule.

No, my point is that you are stereotyping.

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Anonymous wrote:I doubt any of the “D.C.” posters on the preceding 20 pages have children at our dcs’ independents because the parents who do seem perfectly sane. I chuckle though when our fellow parents from D.C. say they live in the “city.” They either hail from Forest Hills or the sliver of D.C. that's north of R Street and west of Connecticut (but which does not seem to include many [any?] children who live in AU Park). Of course, that isn't city at all. It’s indistinguishable from the garden suburbs of Detroit, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, St. Louis, and other Rust Belt cities. Sort of Mclean with cracked sidewalks. D.C. residents from the Hill, Logan Circle, lower Georgetown, Crestwood, and Brookland live in a city. D.C.’s faux urbanites have beautiful suburban homes in nice neighborhoods. But those neighborhoods possess little city vive. They may be a five minute drive from Connecticut or Wisconsin, but the shopping and restaurants there are indistinguishable from Bethesda and Arlington. Well, the latter may have more authentic ethnic restaurants, but they seem largely the same to me otherwise.

+1 I always get a chuckle when I read the faux urbanites' rants