Most conservative private school?

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As well as Al Gore's kids, Biden's grandkids, Rahm Emanuel and I am sure many, many other Democrats who like to tell us all how we should live and make sacrifices.

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[quote=Anonymous]To the person who is criticizing Obama for not going public: We all support the public schools with our tax dollars; it isn't an option not to. What progressives or liberals want to do is see that money put to better use and will spend days,weeks, years hand wringing over it whereas many conservatives simply opt out of the public school system and never look back. I would also argue that DC is also not a very good litmus test for whether one "walks the walk" on this as it has, not just bad schools, but the worst public school system in the country. Weekly shankings aside,why would ANY parent who could afford to send there child elsewhere by either MOVING to a nice suburb or paying 30K/year per child for private not do so when the alternative is to send their DC to a school that "graduates" a population 40% of which are functionally illiterate. [/quote]


Perhaps you could come visit some of the other areas of the country where a similar percentage of graduates are functionally illiterate, but the "caring, forward-thinking liberals" think the schools are fine for the rest of us to attend.

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Anonymous wrote:As well as Al Gore's kids, Biden's grandkids, Rahm Emanuel and I am sure many, many other Democrats who like to tell us all how we should live and make sacrifices.

Exactly!

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Anonymous wrote:Why would your kid feel out of place because you're Republican? Your kid isn't voting yet, and you can encourage your child during the mock votes to make up his own mind. Every school has a mock vote, and you will find a lot of kids who think through issues for themselves (so their votes won't concur with their family's leanings). That's a good thing, since they have to vote at some point, and they want to think through the issues for themselves.

Can you name one elementary school kid that doesn't parrot the parents political views? I can't. I even know of kids that got into fights over politics on the playground during election season. Of course, they really have no idea what they are fighting about at that age. They are just defending their parents beliefs.

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Anonymous wrote:Can you name one elementary school kid that doesn't parrot the parents political views? I can't. I even know of kids that got into fights over politics on the playground during election season. Of course, they really have no idea what they are fighting about at that age. They are just defending their parents beliefs.

When I was 10, my parents were both Reagan Republicans, but I was a huge Jimmy Carter fan. I had campaign buttons and everything. I had no real grasp of the political differences between the two, but I liked that Carter was the likable underdog. So, yes, I can name at least one elementary school kid.

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Anonymous wrote:Can you name one elementary school kid that doesn't parrot the parents political views? I can't. I even know of kids that got into fights over politics on the playground during election season. Of course, they really have no idea what they are fighting about at that age. They are just defending their parents beliefs.

When I was 10, my parents were both Reagan Republicans, but I was a huge Jimmy Carter fan. I had campaign buttons and everything. I had no real grasp of the political differences between the two, but I liked that Carter was the likable underdog. So, yes, I can name at least one elementary school kid.

The kids will only parrot their parents' views if their parents are bullies.

In which case I don't care to tell the said parents which school environment would be best to nurture this bullying.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you name one elementary school kid that doesn't parrot the parents political views? I can't. I even know of kids that got into fights over politics on the playground during election season. Of course, they really have no idea what they are fighting about at that age. They are just defending their parents beliefs.

When I was 10, my parents were both Reagan Republicans, but I was a huge Jimmy Carter fan. I had campaign buttons and everything. I had no real grasp of the political differences between the two, but I liked that Carter was the likable underdog. So, yes, I can name at least one elementary school kid.

When my son was in 6th grade, he became an ardent HUCKABEE supporter. He read Huckabee's biography and thought he was "a nice guy." He made campaign signs that he put up all over the house (inside!). We were not Huckabee supporters, but I was quite glad to see him thinking for himself (maybe you wouldn't call it thinking, but he was better informed than a lot of people who actually voted, and his reasoning, such as it was, was about as good). My son goes to a school that is pretty monolithic politically, and he prides himself on bucking the trend, which is fine with us!

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If you're a fiscal conservative, not a social conservative - aren't you really a libertarian? There are no real non-religious conservative schools in the Washington area. Landon comes closest to fitting the bill.

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Landon keeps coming back up in most conversations and it seems like a good school. We would have preferred a school closer to the District to cut down his daily commute since they have such long days now, but you can't always get what you want, and as he grows older it will be less of an issue.

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OP: I understand that you want some guidance as to where you and yor spouse will feel comfortable with other parents. But as much time, money and effort you will spend, the person actually at the school is your child. I would suggest that you think about your child's learning style and needs, worry less about your social life at school and try to find a place that meets his needs as a learner. If your child is happy, then you will be happy. In the end, as parents, we all want our children to live with kindness, integrity and know enough about the world to make smart choices. There are a lot of schools in this town that can provide that. You can find friends anywhere if you can work together as parents with other parents.

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Dems are not stupid. They want their chidlren to succeed--hence Obama et al at Sidwell...

And to the comment on 'teachers/admis are mostly democrats' at one school, well it is hardly a secret that MANY if not MOST educators are fairly liberal.

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Anonymous wrote:Landon keeps coming back up in most conversations and it seems like a good school. We would have preferred a school closer to the District to cut down his daily commute since they have such long days now, but you can't always get what you want, and as he grows older it will be less of an issue.

Take a look at St. Albans too, if you don't object to the religion (mandatory chapel, etc). It's pretty ideologically diverse; for example, the Upper School (high school) has a political debating society that is about 50/50 "Liberal Party" and "Conservative Party.". (I believe those are terms dating back to the 1930s, but the fact remains that there are enough kids for each group!).

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Anonymous wrote:To the person who is criticizing Obama for not going public: We all support the public schools with our tax dollars; it isn't an option not to. What progressives or liberals want to do is see that money put to better use and will spend days,weeks, years hand wringing over it whereas many conservatives simply opt out of the public school system and never look back. I would also argue that DC is also not a very good litmus test for whether one "walks the walk" on this as it has, not just bad schools, but the worst public school system in the country. Weekly shankings aside,why would ANY parent who could afford to send there child elsewhere by either MOVING to a nice suburb or paying 30K/year per child for private not do so when the alternative is to send their DC to a school that "graduates" a population 40% of which are functionally illiterate.

Perhaps you could come visit some of the other areas of the country where a similar percentage of graduates are functionally illiterate, but the "caring, forward-thinking liberals" think the schools are fine for the rest of us to attend.

Functionally illiterate doesn't mean you can't analyze an article from the Economist; it means you can barely sound out 3rd grade vocabulary words. as in b- bah-bod-body. Please provide a reference for where else in the country 40 % of HS graduates are at that level ?

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Actually, functionally illiterate means you read and comprehend at or below a 5th grade level. It's significantly past buh buy body as you put it. Often times the issue isn't decoding, it's understanding and using what's read.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To the person who is criticizing Obama for not going public: We all support the public schools with our tax dollars; it isn't an option not to. What progressives or liberals want to do is see that money put to better use and will spend days,weeks, years hand wringing over it whereas many conservatives simply opt out of the public school system and never look back. I would also argue that DC is also not a very good litmus test for whether one "walks the walk" on this as it has, not just bad schools, but the worst public school system in the country. Weekly shankings aside,why would ANY parent who could afford to send there child elsewhere by either MOVING to a nice suburb or paying 30K/year per child for private not do so when the alternative is to send their DC to a school that "graduates" a population 40% of which are functionally illiterate.

Perhaps you could come visit some of the other areas of the country where a similar percentage of graduates are functionally illiterate, but the "caring, forward-thinking liberals" think the schools are fine for the rest of us to attend.

Functionally illiterate doesn't mean you can't analyze an article from the Economist; it means you can barely sound out 3rd grade vocabulary words. as in b- bah-bod-body. Please provide a reference for where else in the country 40 % of HS graduates are at that level ?

For starters, you could visit any larger city's typical inner city middle or high schools--not the ones with AP classes or an International Baccalaureate Program.