To Bullis, from a Prospective Family: Stadium Songs Containing the "N Word"

[Anonymous]

Good sports teams bring in alumni dollars. Stupid but true.

[Anonymous]

Whatever the debate is about the term and who can use it, Bullis is a 3rd through 12th school and you would think someone would be aware of that when they are picking out music. I know some kid probably chose it, but yes there should be some supervision involved especially if they understand kids, which I would hope most schools do. With that said, I am sure mistakes slip by.

[Anonymous]

Holy grail is played at middle school dances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whatever the debate is about the term and who can use it, Bullis is a 3rd through 12th school and you would think someone would be aware of that when they are picking out music. I know some kid probably chose it, but yes there should be some supervision involved especially if they understand kids, which I would hope most schools do. With that said, I am sure mistakes slip by.

You probably get bitter when people are driving 70 mph on the Beltway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not a St. Albans parent but I can tell you that it is not just the coaches behavior but also the "semester transfers" that Bullis seems to like to take for one season or one year just to win at the sport. Why parents at this school who are paying a lot in tuition are happy with this type of behavior is beyond me.

LOL. We are talking about 1-2 kids who transferred to Bullis for only one year, and suddenly it's a rampant epidemic?

Having a good sports program and academics are not mutually exclusive qualities. A school like STA has a much stronger academic reputation, but that doesn't mean there aren't strong students or a strong curriculum at Bullis.

Let's be honest - some people at IAC are uncomfortable with Bullis because some African-Americans there frighten their sensibilities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not a St. Albans parent but I can tell you that it is not just the coaches behavior but also the "semester transfers" that Bullis seems to like to take for one season or one year just to win at the sport. Why parents at this school who are paying a lot in tuition are happy with this type of behavior is beyond me.

LOL. We are talking about 1-2 kids who transferred to Bullis for only one year, and suddenly it's a rampant epidemic?

Having a good sports program and academics are not mutually exclusive qualities. A school like STA has a much stronger academic reputation, but that doesn't mean there aren't strong students or a strong curriculum at Bullis.

Let's be honest - some people at IAC are uncomfortable with Bullis because some African-Americans there frighten their sensibilities.

Absurd to play the race card when it has nothing to do with what people are complaining about...

The other top academic schools and even non top academic schools arent bringing in rent-a-players. Regardless of skin color. That is the problem. Duh.

The issue is others are playing by a more honorable code playing children who have been honestly enrolled for quite some time.

There are numerous bad messages being sent out here by the Bullis policies. What makes everyone else feel uncomfortable is that Bullis isnt playing by a code of ethics....

It is also purporting itself as up and coming and yet its college admission were extremely underwhelming. Look of its website. For as much money as it costs to go to a Big 3 - its a joke and so is your race card.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not a St. Albans parent but I can tell you that it is not just the coaches behavior but also the "semester transfers" that Bullis seems to like to take for one season or one year just to win at the sport. Why parents at this school who are paying a lot in tuition are happy with this type of behavior is beyond me.

LOL. We are talking about 1-2 kids who transferred to Bullis for only one year, and suddenly it's a rampant epidemic?

Having a good sports program and academics are not mutually exclusive qualities. A school like STA has a much stronger academic reputation, but that doesn't mean there aren't strong students or a strong curriculum at Bullis.

Let's be honest - some people at IAC are uncomfortable with Bullis because some African-Americans there frighten their sensibilities.

Absurd to play the race card when it has nothing to do with what people are complaining about...

The other top academic schools and even non top academic schools arent bringing in rent-a-players. Regardless of skin color. That is the problem. Duh.

The issue is others are playing by a more honorable code playing children who have been honestly enrolled for quite some time.

There are numerous bad messages being sent out here by the Bullis policies. What makes everyone else feel uncomfortable is that Bullis isnt playing by a code of ethics....

It is also purporting itself as up and coming and yet its college admission were extremely underwhelming. Look of its website. For as much money as it costs to go to a Big 3 - its a joke and so is your race card.

Please. People using this opportunity to take shots at Bullis are the ones playing the race card. If "Holy Grail" (non radio edit) was played at a Landon game, nobody would be saying anything.

Bullis does not have "rent a players", but keep on lying. Landon, Prep and plenty of other schools recruit athletes as well. Despite what you may think, no school has a policy where only the kids who've been there multiple years get the playing time. Unless you are talking about a school like GDS or Sidwell.

If Bullis is not for you, why worry about them? Do you really need to denigrate another school to boost your own ego? LOL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not a St. Albans parent but I can tell you that it is not just the coaches behavior but also the "semester transfers" that Bullis seems to like to take for one season or one year just to win at the sport. Why parents at this school who are paying a lot in tuition are happy with this type of behavior is beyond me.

LOL. We are talking about 1-2 kids who transferred to Bullis for only one year, and suddenly it's a rampant epidemic?

Having a good sports program and academics are not mutually exclusive qualities. A school like STA has a much stronger academic reputation, but that doesn't mean there aren't strong students or a strong curriculum at Bullis.

Let's be honest - some people at IAC are uncomfortable with Bullis because some African-Americans there frighten their sensibilities.

Absurd to play the race card when it has nothing to do with what people are complaining about...

The other top academic schools and even non top academic schools arent bringing in rent-a-players. Regardless of skin color. That is the problem. Duh.

The issue is others are playing by a more honorable code playing children who have been honestly enrolled for quite some time.

There are numerous bad messages being sent out here by the Bullis policies. What makes everyone else feel uncomfortable is that Bullis isnt playing by a code of ethics....

It is also purporting itself as up and coming and yet its college admission were extremely underwhelming. Look of its website. For as much money as it costs to go to a Big 3 - its a joke and so is your race card.

Please. People using this opportunity to take shots at Bullis are the ones playing the race card. If "Holy Grail" (non radio edit) was played at a Landon game, nobody would be saying anything.

Bullis does not have "rent a players", but keep on lying. Landon, Prep and plenty of other schools recruit athletes as well. Despite what you may think, no school has a policy where only the kids who've been there multiple years get the playing time. Unless you are talking about a school like GDS or Sidwell.

If Bullis is not for you, why worry about them? Do you really need to denigrate another school to boost your own ego? LOL.

Please what? This post is absurd. How are people taking shots playing a race card? How do you know what would happen at a Landon game. Bullis does rent player... not just recruit... there is a difference. Duh. You are clearly a Bullis student or parent. Wake up.

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He's back!

[Anonymous]

Last year I can think of two specific instances where Bullis brought in a senior athletic transfer under unusual circumstances. (By way of comparison, most private schools do not take students just for senior year at all.)

They had a football player from Blake (public school), who stayed three months (the three months of the football season) and then went back to his prior school. I'm sure Bullis did not intend for that to happen but it did give rise to the "rent a player" impression. They also had a baseball player transfer into Bullis as a senior partway through the school year -- that one obviously they did know about.

There's a lot of energy at the school. I'm not really sure how the finances will work out in the long term -- the Bullis endowment is not high, nor do they have high annual giving totals -- but maybe they will do it with foreign full-pay students (plenty of room to build a dorm) or maybe the same people who gave the Jumbo Tron are giving towards endowment and annual giving.

It will be interesting. Their Head had pretty good success at his prior school (a STEM magnet boarding school), but that school was subsidized by the state.

[Anonymous]

Please. My friend's public school in CT played Rhianna's S&M as part of the in-house music while waiting for the play to start. He texted me laughing about it, wondering who created the lineup.

My daughter goes to Bullis and loves it. I've had nothing but good experiences with this school. Part of the reason we left public school was because of the PC BS that occurs, often driven by parents. while ignoring more serious issues, often created by the kids of the same parents screaming loudest with PC BS issues.

This doesn't even phase me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please. My friend's public school in CT played Rhianna's S&M as part of the in-house music while waiting for the play to start. He texted me laughing about it, wondering who created the lineup.

My daughter goes to Bullis and loves it. I've had nothing but good experiences with this school. Part of the reason we left public school was because of the PC BS that occurs, often driven by parents. while ignoring more serious issues, often created by the kids of the same parents screaming loudest with PC BS issues.

This doesn't even phase me.

Maybe it should. There are some serious issues at Bullis in terms of lack of leadership from coaches/administration, questionable recruiting practices and apparently poor college placement. Topped off with ridiculous and irresponsible pre-game music choices. Yeah, nothing to worry about at all.

By the way, those Bullis folks who want to hide behind the race issue as the polarizing element for IAC disgust with your team's program are just engaging in self-delusion. None of the other IAC teams care what color your players happen to be. The bigger issue is how those players (whatever their race) ended up at your school. Coming in as juniors or seniors is just wrong on so many levels. If it has to be "excused" or "explained" does not mean it is a good practice. Yet, that is how Bullis has chosen to compete. Take the heat -- you chose your path.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please. My friend's public school in CT played Rhianna's S&M as part of the in-house music while waiting for the play to start. He texted me laughing about it, wondering who created the lineup.

My daughter goes to Bullis and loves it. I've had nothing but good experiences with this school. Part of the reason we left public school was because of the PC BS that occurs, often driven by parents. while ignoring more serious issues, often created by the kids of the same parents screaming loudest with PC BS issues.

This doesn't even phase me.

Don't even let this thread phase you. There is a serious Bullis hater on this forum and he repeats the same tired post over, and over, and over again.

He was up late drinking, apparently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please. My friend's public school in CT played Rhianna's S&M as part of the in-house music while waiting for the play to start. He texted me laughing about it, wondering who created the lineup.

My daughter goes to Bullis and loves it. I've had nothing but good experiences with this school. Part of the reason we left public school was because of the PC BS that occurs, often driven by parents. while ignoring more serious issues, often created by the kids of the same parents screaming loudest with PC BS issues.

This doesn't even phase me.

Maybe it should. There are some serious issues at Bullis in terms of lack of leadership from coaches/administration, questionable recruiting practices and apparently poor college placement. Topped off with ridiculous and irresponsible pre-game music choices. Yeah, nothing to worry about at all.

By the way, those Bullis folks who want to hide behind the race issue as the polarizing element for IAC disgust with your team's program are just engaging in self-delusion. None of the other IAC teams care what color your players happen to be. The bigger issue is how those players (whatever their race) ended up at your school. Coming in as juniors or seniors is just wrong on so many levels. If it has to be "excused" or "explained" does not mean it is a good practice. Yet, that is how Bullis has chosen to compete. Take the heat -- you chose your path.

Someone is taking high school athletics wwwaaayyyy too seriously.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How was the word used in context? The word "nigger" appears in Huck Finn, which is part of the English curriculum at many high schools, including the school my kids attend/ed (not Bullis). A word isn't "bad" per se; it's about how the word is used and interpreted.

Is the word ever used or interpreted in a "good" or positive way?

Actually, it is. Younger African-American men sometimes use it to indicate friendship/comraderie with other men, white or black. More fundamentally, though, the word can be used or interpreted in a way that is neither positive nor negative, but that informs or describes.

Yeah, as a white guy I'm going to go up to one of my black companions and say "Hey nigger, what's up?". I'll let you knowhow it goes.

The word in the song is nigga not nigger. It has a completely different meaning than nigger. The meaning of words change over time! It is really not a big deal.