Georgetown Prep is taking a beating with this Kanvanugh scandal...does it deserve it?

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Anonymous wrote:No the school does not deserve it. There are bad apples at all schools - you can’t judge an entire school by Kavanaugh and Judge. Gorsuch went there and didn’t have any of these skeletons in his closet. I’m sure he doesn’t still joke about drinking and debauchery and I highly doubt his yearbook page had references to drug enemas and women who deserved to be struck regularly like a gong.

Gorsuch's brother was a big bully.

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Anonymous wrote:Frankly, I think Holton is going to come out looking worse.

Why?

Because we must always blame women for everything. We must always say they're either crazy or sluts or both.

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Anonymous wrote:Frankly, I think Holton is going to come out looking worse.

Why?

Because we must always blame women for everything. We must always say they're either crazy or sluts or both.

All men are pigs and all women are crazy. Timeless truth.

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Anonymous wrote:I am not Catholic but I have met a lot of nice boys from Prep. Georgetown Prep does not deserve a bad rap. Like I said in another thread, Holton-Arms where my daughter attends school should not judge Kavanaugh adn the school should not take an opinion. Susanna Jones sounds like she is a me too mommy, however, should realize everyone does not not have her views.

YOU ARE CORRECT THAT PREP DOES NOT DESERVE A BAD RAP - AND NEITHER DOES HOLTON OR SUSANNA JONES. Not sure who you are, but I have kids at both schools. There are not a lot of us. Susanna Jones has a son, no daughters, and was very smart and very brave to issue the statement on Sunday. She did not judge Brett Kavanaugh and said she supports Dr. Ford for speaking up about an "alleged sexual assault." This was very carefully crafted in her statement, which has mobilized the community to speak up and support one of their own who is being discredited and dismissed.

GEORGETOWN PREP NEEDS TO SPEAK UP too and also condemn violence against women. The silence is embarrassing to the Prep community and makes the boys look terrible - like they don't care about sexual assault. It is a totally different school today than it was 30+ years ago. There is no way that they could survive the curriculum today if they were partying like they were in the 1980s when the drinking age was 18. There are a few outspoken kids who "STAND WITH BRETT KAVANAUGH" but most of the students are embarrassed and very scared of all the negative attention. Prep has turned into an international academic powerhouse and many of its big donors have nothing to do with the Brett Kavanaugh types. If they continue to stay silent, they will quietly lose supporters and credibility.

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ummm, Prep really isn't that different than 30 yrs ago. That's what its families like about it.

The school is not going to speak up. It has encouraged this behavior and opacity.

"international academic powerhouse"? dream on.

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short answer, yes.

awful arrogant place with self righteous, racist and misogynist folks who act like pigs and then absolve themselves with church.

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Anonymous wrote:short answer, yes.

awful arrogant place with self righteous, racist and misogynist folks who act like pigs and then absolve themselves with church.

100 percent right.

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White male privilege is alive and well OP. Don't feel sorry for the perpetrators...they are your bosses and will always have control in the US...whether they graduated at the bottom of the class or top

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Anonymous wrote:Frankly, I think Holton is going to come out looking worse.

Why?

Because they leapt forth to proclaim the accuser- their alum- as a hero, without bothering to check the facts first

I don't think they have proclaimed her a hero. They have supported her in speaking out.

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Gonzaga is much better in so many ways OP.

Have no idea if the guy did it or not, but I tend to believe the woman. I went to an all girls' HS in this area in the 1990s. Two prep guys once locked me in a room at a party and said I couldn't leave until I did something. Seems like normal Prep behavior.

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And because many women have been in similar shoes and know that it takes tremendous courage to speak up. The treatment of sexual assault victims in our society is horrendous.

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Anonymous wrote:No the school does not deserve it. There are bad apples at all schools - you can’t judge an entire school by Kavanaugh and Judge. Gorsuch went there and didn’t have any of these skeletons in his closet. I’m sure he doesn’t still joke about drinking and debauchery and I highly doubt his yearbook page had references to drug enemas and women who deserved to be struck regularly like a gong.

Gorsuch's brother was a big bully.

So? Probably made him a decent guy.

John Toberts has tons of sisters - that will civilize most any guy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a new Prep parent, I am saddened by all the negative comments and blanket statements about the school and students that imply that every single boy who attends is somehow a rapist, a criminal, an elitist, a snob, entitled, a drunk, etc. These are incredibly hard working, decent young men who are being dragged into a political sh**show not of their own doing. It is a complete distraction for them (just waiting for the news crews to be parked outside of campus any second now) and it is completely unfair that people are saying such horrible things about them. They had nothing to do with an incident that (may or may not have) happened 30+ years ago.

Teachable moment for your boys, lady! Don’t coddle them- explain very clearly to them what is decent behavior and what is not. Let them know that there are no excuses on account of their age down the line. And if they can’t act decently and associate with decent people and not get stinking blackout drunk and violent at parties then they should stay home. No excuses. Give them the reality.

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Anonymous wrote:No the school does not deserve it. There are bad apples at all schools - you can’t judge an entire school by Kavanaugh and Judge. Gorsuch went there and didn’t have any of these skeletons in his closet. I’m sure he doesn’t still joke about drinking and debauchery and I highly doubt his yearbook page had references to drug enemas and women who deserved to be struck regularly like a gong.

Gorsuch's brother was a big bully.

So? Probably made him a decent guy.

John Roberts has tons of sisters - that will civilize most any guy.

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Anonymous wrote:Live in Bethesda with neighbor whose kid went to Holton Arms. Two years ago she told me that she tried to prevent her daughter from socializing with boys from Georgetown Prep and Landon. Said she was worried about parties and drinking culture at the schools.

Only thing else I know about Georgetown Prep is that I had a neighbor who from moved from Virginia to a couple blocks away to send his two boys there for high school and then sold their house and moved back to Virginia when their younger boy went to college. They were the only people in our area with Romney 2012 signs and they were bigger than the normal yard signs.

It's annectdata, but putting it out there for anyone interested.

Romney, by all accounts, is a highly honorable and impeccably behaved man, so what is your point?

I grew up in a private school world similar to DC's and people harping about this school or that school are missing the point. [b]These kinds of juvenile teen male behavior fueled by alcohol happens everywhere, at every school, public or private, rich or poor. Singling out Georgetown Prep is really missing the point. The boys at Sidwell and GDS are no better behaved.

Sidwell and GDS haven't had scandals like

Landon boys setting up a "draft" for girls https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/opinion/09dowd.html

Eight Landon boys cheating on the SAT together https://www.washingtonian.com/2003/10/01/from-the-archives-our-sons-have-something-to-say/

Prep boys expelled for hazing then having the entitlement to sue the school https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1991/01/15/dismissal-upheld-in-prep-school-hazing-incident/524fa325-7171-41b4-8edc-1d5fa8706d9f/?utm_term=.08f60248349a

Sidwell and GDS didn't produce 5/46 of student-athletes on a team that was accused of raping a woman. Sidwell and GDS haven't produced an alumnus like George Huguely.

Do you also blame and shun UVA for George Huguely's behavior? How about Mater Dei? C'mon.