New landon family

[Anonymous]

Oops! Landon's!

[Anonymous]

I sense some jealously 20:10

[Anonymous]

We are a Landon family and first of all, Welcome! My advice to new families is what I would say to my own child. Be yourself, be genuine, work hard at school, always play fairly, and treat people with respect. Despite previous posters' views, the families and boys I know there are wonderful people. My daughter is at a different school and really the same mix there, some people you gravitate toward, some you don't have a lot in common, and others are just not your type. That's pretty how much how it has been in any community I have "joined" -- Best of luck to you and your family and congratulations!

[Anonymous]

20:10 here. I have a daughter at NCS and I know what I am hearing. Sorry to disappoint you the singing is lovely, it is the orchestra I am referring to.

[Anonymous]

If we're going to talk about "thuggish" behavior. Why hasn't anyone talked about the widespread thievery and destruction of Landon families' little stone bears. Prep kids have been stealing from door steps and uploaded videos of beheading the bears with hammers. I get some petty thievery here and there is part of the rivalry, but this is legitimate vandalism and no one is being held accountable.

[Anonymous]

NP: bad choice. try to move on when you can.

[Anonymous]

I would love to see a video posted on youtube

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If we're going to talk about "thuggish" behavior. Why hasn't anyone talked about the widespread thievery and destruction of Landon families' little stone bears. Prep kids have been stealing from door steps and uploaded videos of beheading the bears with hammers. I get some petty thievery here and there is part of the rivalry, but this is legitimate vandalism and no one is being held accountable.

You are right. That behavior as you described it is vandalism. And Landon officials should complain to Prep officials and the Prep people should do everything in their power to stop it.

This is just chapter 1000 in the unfortunate relationship (rivalry?) between these two mis-matched schools with plenty of bad behavior on both sides.

I have always thought a ten year cooling off period in which the schools don't play one another in any sport would be a good idea. When Prep was expelled from the IAC in football, over Landon's objections, I thought that might be a good start. But even during this period, the Landon people pursued Prep to schedule football games, finally coming up with a trophy concept that required the schools to play yearly regardless of their conference affiliation.

[Anonymous]

I think the Landon - Prep rivarly has died down significantly in the past 5 years.

I remember in the 90's you would often hear about big weekend fights at parties. They probably should have stopped playing one another in football and lacrosse back then.

Nowadays, too many kids from these schools play with one another on the same club lacrosse or hockey team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the Landon - Prep rivarly has died down significantly in the past 5 years.

I remember in the 90's you would often hear about big weekend fights at parties. They probably should have stopped playing one another in football and lacrosse back then.

Nowadays, too many kids from these schools play with one another on the same club lacrosse or hockey team.

As long as the same coaches and teacher coaches are there, the same alumni and the same fixation on beating Prep (or Landon), the animosity will live on, as these vandalism episodes seem to demonstrate.

This is a couple that needs a divorce or a very long separation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the Landon - Prep rivarly has died down significantly in the past 5 years.

I remember in the 90's you would often hear about big weekend fights at parties. They probably should have stopped playing one another in football and lacrosse back then.

Nowadays, too many kids from these schools play with one another on the same club lacrosse or hockey team.

The lacrosse rivalry is not what it was because Prep has left Landon behind in recent years, and will continue. The vitriol rocket fuel is to be competitive, and Landon's psyche as an institution is tied to the lacrosse successes, of which there have been few in the recent years. When your kid goes to Prep and athletics don't drive great outcomes, it is still a great education that will get you matriculated to a better school than same GPA at a public school. When your kid goes to Landon and lacrosse does not drive great outcomes, what happened is you get a public school equivalent education with a $35K lacrosse fee.

Start naming all the Ivy, Stanford or little Ivies admits from Landon who are NOT lacrosse players. The matriculation numbers with the lax bros pulled show a lot worse than the public schools in BCC. 'Nuff said.

[Anonymous]

I don't agree that Prep gets you better college placement than good public except maybe to some Catholic institutions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't agree that Prep gets you better college placement than good public except maybe to some Catholic institutions.

Look it up then. The matriculation figures don't lie.

[Anonymous]

If you truly want to compare what school has more talented scholars look at the numbers of NAtional Merit scholar finalist each school has ever over the past decade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you truly want to compare what school has more talented scholars look at the numbers of NAtional Merit scholar finalist each school has ever over the past decade.

That would hardly give you a comparison.

That's just the tail of either distribution of talent.