Types of students at schools- stereotypes and personifications

[Anonymous]

As always, the Al Gore III story is wrong. One poster always brings it up and she's no insider at SFS or STA.

[Anonymous]

http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20061423,00.html

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• December 2003 In Bethesda, Md., a marijuana possession charge was dropped when he agreed to drug counseling.

• September 2002 Ticketed in Arlington, Va., for allegedly driving under the influence.

• August 2000 Had his driving privileges in North Carolina suspended for driving 97 mph in a 55-mph zone.

• 1996 At 13, he was suspended from St. Albans, a school in Washington, D.C., for smoking marijuana at a school dance.

[Anonymous]

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=20001027&id=FgVkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cYEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2494,6647736

[Anonymous]

What happened to the other St Alban students he was with? Surely he was not smoking a joint alone at a school dance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What happened to the other St Alban students he was with? Surely he was not smoking a joint alone at a school dance.

I think they all got kicked out of St Alban and went to Sidwell

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What happened to the other St Alban students he was with? Surely he was not smoking a joint alone at a school dance.

I think they all got kicked out of St Alban and went to Sidwell

Funny. But I'm actually serious/curious. What happened to them? I'm guessing it was suspensions for all, just like we're seeing with Maret now.

I read some article a while ago where some author of an Al Gore biography discussed the the Albert Gore situation, and he said Albert was actually only suspended for a few days from St Albans. But that the Gore family decided to transfer him at the end of that school year. Didn't say why the transfer. Maybe the school encouraged him to leave, or maybe the Gores wanted to separate him from a group of other kids that was getting into trouble. Or maybe some other reason entirely. The article did not mention what happened to the other StA students who got caught.

[Anonymous]

He was not expelled. The parents withdrew him -- supposedly because they were mad because the situation got into the press (some students tipped off the Washington Post supposedly).

[Anonymous]

No one even mentions St. Andrew's on here. Any opinions about St. Andrew's academics and overall profile?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one even mentions St. Andrew's on here. Any opinions about St. Andrew's academics and overall profile?

That's because its largely invisible to the crowd that posts here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one even mentions St. Andrew's on here. Any opinions about St. Andrew's academics and overall profile?

That's because its largely invisible to the crowd that posts here.

This forum does seem more DC-based, so the DC schools get proportionally more love (and hate). My impression of St. Andrews is that it is a warm environment; has good teaching; modestly successful but fun sports opportunities (it is small and co-ed so it doesn't have the same size pool of athletes as the bigger or single-sex schools); and is seen as a less demanding alternative (both in terms of admissions and the rigor of the curriculum) than the DC privates and Holton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hmm, a 2:57 am post full of stereotypes.... I wonder whether it'll be ignored or spark a lively debate. (No, no my stereotype is better than yours! You must be from X! That hasn't been true for 20 years!)

Not sure if this is intended to be serious - but it's pretty good - some of the follow-up made me chuckle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Found myself in a discussion a few days ago with several parents with kids in various private schools as well as a few recent graduates from these same schools. Many people, myself included, noticed that there are several generalizations and "types" for the different schools we all love to discuss here.

I am a somewhat recent (past 10 years) graduate of a DC private school so I have a bit of personal experience here's what I've come up with...

The DC area private school scene...

ST. ALBANS/LANDON/G.PREP- The golden boys of the DC prep scene. STA is somewhat comparable to a class president with it's long-standing reputation and decent athletics. The men of STA are somewhat reserved in comparison to Landon and Prep. Landon is the obvious Jock school of the three. Despite a rough scandal- filled couple years Landon continues to thrive and has maintained its iconic status as the lacrosse power house of the Mid- Atlantic. Landon's student body is somewhat more conservative and preppy than the other two schools. Georgetown Prep is a bit of a curve ball in this mix. Both Landon and STA are located in extremely affluent and well- known areas (NW DC and Bethesda), Prep however is situated off a major road in the middle class area of Rockville. Academically, Prep falls slightly below STA and Landon however, the boarding option makes Prep extremely attractive to international students. The Landon/Prep lacrosse rivalry is a nation- wide phenomenon and like Landon, Prep has emerged as a top prep school partly because of its athletic program.


HOLTON/NCS- The queen bees. The two most academically rigorous, cutthroat all- girls schools in the mid- atlantic region. Holton girls are famously known for their 6+ hours of homework/night and both Holton and NCS boast extremely impressive matriculation reports with dozens of Ivy League acceptances per year. The girls at both these schools are classy, driven, passionate and focused. NCS girls are slightly less social, and the past few graduation classes have been slightly unmemorable. Holton is perhaps the most spirited girls school in the are. Sister school to Landon, the girls of Holton arms are fiercely loyal to their Bears and the Holton-Landon crowd is highly exclusive and it is not uncommon to spot Holton girls sporting a Landon lacrosse pinny or a car with both a Holton bumper sticker as well as a Landon one.

POTOMAC SCHOOL- the VA jock loners. Rarely associate with the other private schools in the area. Enormous emphasis on athletics and hardly any attention or appreciation for the arts. Academically strong but does not hold the same prestigious reputation as the single- sex prep schools mentioned previously. Large class sizes in comparison to other private schools.

SIDWELL- happily on the radar now that Obama's daughters are attending. Has a reputation of providing students with a superb academic education. Unfortunately the school is filled to the brim with anti- social students. To be blunt, the students at Sidwell have a reputation of being very smart yet very weird.

HOLY CROSS/HOLY CHILD- These are the schools that girls attend when they get rejected from every single other private school in the area. The academics at both schools are terrible and students are usually better off attending their local public school than either AHC or HC. Both schools are considered joke schools and are often not even included in lists of DC area private schools. Highly promiscuous student body and a reputation for being superficial and unintelligent. Bottom line- only send your daughter here is you hope for her to attend a mediocre state school and spend her high school years sleeping around with boys from STA/Landon/Prep.

MARET/GDS- alternative hipster wannabe schools. GDS lacks structure and their care-free attitude towards school results in a less than challenging academic experience. Maret is attempting to launch itself into the top tier of private schools. Unfortunately, Maret is unable to shake its reputation of being a last resort school and a place where students go if they were expelled from one of he other private schools.

BULLIS- there is nothing to say about Bullis. The co-ed version of Holy Cross or Holy Child.

oops - my PP quoted the wrong post

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Clinton era? Since at least the Eisenhower era ....

Teddy Roosevelt's kids went to Sidwell. He gave a graduation address in 1909 or thereabouts.

Teddy Roosevelt's grand children & great grand children went to Cathedral Schools (Beauvoir, NCS, STA) and Madeira and most went to Harvard although one to Princeton.

[Anonymous]

I love the way Sidwell doesn't publish matriculations online but is the only school which publicly ackknowledges "famous" alum and parents... including several alums who went to Sidwell until third grade (Teddy Roosevelt's sons & Gore Vidal) and switched over to St. Alban's as soon as they were in 4th Grade. (When TR's kids were young, Beauvoir had not been founded yet). Especially amusing in that Gore Vidal wrote at length about the importance of St. Alban's in his upbringing and NEVER acknowledged that he EVER attended Sidwell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love the way Sidwell doesn't publish matriculations online but is the only school which publicly ackknowledges "famous" alum and parents... including several alums who went to Sidwell until third grade (Teddy Roosevelt's sons & Gore Vidal) and switched over to St. Alban's as soon as they were in 4th Grade. (When TR's kids were young, Beauvoir had not been founded yet). Especially amusing in that Gore Vidal wrote at length about the importance of St. Alban's in his upbringing and NEVER acknowledged that he EVER attended Sidwell.

I think you posted this same point earlier. You don't seem to grasp how Wikipedia works.