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Anonymous
| Have you seen the story? Thoughts? |
Anonymous
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Do you mean the WaPo story?http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/accounts-of-unwanted-sexual-advances-and-other-incidents-roil-two-private-schools/2014/12/22/9f7e786e-89f9-11e4-a085-34e9b9f09a58_story.html
I think it us very healthy to have such a discussion about a difficult topic. |
Anonymous
| I'm not connected to either NCS or St. Albans, but I think it's great that the schools are trying to start a conversation about this. It's a difficult topic, but one that is important to have with both boys and girls. I'm personally not a fan of single-sex education for a variety of reasons, specifically the difficulty in developing positive and healthy relationships between girls and boys (before I get flamed, I know there are positive attributes, but I simply don't think they outweigh the negative for me. But that's a different topic…); However, I applaud these schools for not pushing the issue under the rug. I wish them and both school communities good luck in working toward better communication and behavior between the genders. I also hope that other schools act as quickly once they find out disturbing information about interactions. |
Anonymous
| I think I am impressed with the leadership at both schools, I hope the parents support and assist, and I would be happy if my child attended either one. For those who will now bash the heck out of both schools - Glass Houses folks, glass houses. |
Anonymous
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For all of the bashing NCS leadership takes on this board, kudos to Sarah Pelmas for helping these irks to fel empowered to speak up.
I do not agree with 22:56. Can't say I would be happy for my son to be one of these entitled STA boys. |
Anonymous
Anonymous
| The truth will come out soon |
Anonymous
I actually didn't say that I would want my son to be one of the St. Albans boys. In fact, I stated that I don't agree with single-sex education…at all…specifically because of these types of problems that can happen with a lack of respect and understanding for the opposite gender. I do, however, applaud the administrations of these schools for working with this issue rather than ignoring it. |
Anonymous
| ...but the problems exist on *co-ed* college campuses. |
Anonymous
| There were two posts at 22:56. |
Anonymous
Are you seriously suggesting the girls at NCS do not act just as entitled? LOL. |
Anonymous
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Kudos to these schools. This is the responsible way to handle such a situation.
It wasn't long ago when Landon had it's fantasy sex league scandal. Does anyone remember the response the school had? I'm willing to bet the response wasn't as thoughtful or transparent. |
Anonymous
What are you talking about. They not only pushed it under the rug they pushed off the cliff. |
Anonymous
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Essentially, NCS told the girls to shut up and go home and told the boys to be nice.
Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit. Outrageous that the boys can humiliate the girls i to silence and everyone is onboard. So much for being an empowering girls school. |
Anonymous
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This has been going on for years and the ncs admin refused to do anything about it despite complaints by parents. Sarah pelmas head of upper school told me specifically not to allow my daughter to go to the after parties. Yet the health and safety advice to the girls regularly consisted of just 2 things. Don't drink and don't dress like a slut.
When I suggested that the school address this on an institutional basis I was told that ncs parents with boys at sta would address the problem. I asked which parents and was given no response. They have known all about this for years. |