When did GDS become so well regarded?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone in the 80s and 90s who thought poorly of GDS was a bigot. The school has always provided a top notch education and the biggest issue that folks had with it was and is the Jewish population. It’s not a surprise that they always sent a bunch of kids to Ivy. That is common amongst the Jewish elite. Most of the criticisms leveled at the school have an undercurrent of anti Semitism.

So if you don’t like Sidwell, as most GDS boosters seem to bash Sidwell, does that make you anti-Quaker?

No, because GDS lives Quaker values more than SFS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone in the 80s and 90s who thought poorly of GDS was a bigot. The school has always provided a top notch education and the biggest issue that folks had with it was and is the Jewish population. It’s not a surprise that they always sent a bunch of kids to Ivy. That is common amongst the Jewish elite. Most of the criticisms leveled at the school have an undercurrent of anti Semitism.

So if you don’t like Sidwell, as most GDS boosters seem to bash Sidwell, does that make you anti-Quaker?

You realize that Sidwell, STA, and NCS all refused to accept Jewish students (and African American students, for that matter--but not the children of high-ranking African and ME diplomats, from what I understand) for years after GDS was founded? I fail to understand how such schools defended their discrimination against children based upon religion and/or race and still proudly identified as Christian/Quaker?

Yes, those policies have changed, but as were are discussing the historical trends of these schools, please don't forget the ugly past in which these schools were actively complicit.

Ok. But how does that support the claims (whether you wrote them or not): "Anyone in the 80s and 90s who thought poorly of GDS was a bigot" and "Most of the criticisms leveled at the school have an undercurrent of anti Semitism." Is GDS beyond criticism? If so, what are we going to talk about this forum for the next 20 years?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up here in the 80s and it was considered a school where kids went that didn't "get in" - things have changed - what happened and when?

Another negative thread about GDS? My children attend another big three but I don’t understand these negative posts about genius. Is it the same poster or same few posters?

It is the same anti-GDS poster who starts all these posts. They also masquerade as an obnoxious GDS parent who claims all GDS kids go to Harvard. As a GDS parent with kids at another big-3 school that is much more conservative, I see the pros and cons of both the schools. GDS is a good school with good college admissions just like Sidwell and NCS. It has been highly regarded for decades, as have the other schools. I used to ignore the troll but now I feel compelled to point out that this GDS hater is persistent and virulent in a way that I seriously believe is related to the school's diversity - yes lots of AA's and Jews. The trolling needs to be called out for what it is immature, not helpful, and hurtful to the DCUM community.

[Anonymous]

I think the GDS/Harvard thing is just a tongue-in-cheek inside joke that traces back several years on this board. As a GDS booster myself, even I chuckle at it and use it from time to time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone in the 80s and 90s who thought poorly of GDS was a bigot. The school has always provided a top notch education and the biggest issue that folks had with it was and is the Jewish population. It’s not a surprise that they always sent a bunch of kids to Ivy. That is common amongst the Jewish elite. Most of the criticisms leveled at the school have an undercurrent of anti Semitism.

So if you don’t like Sidwell, as most GDS boosters seem to bash Sidwell, does that make you anti-Quaker?

No, because GDS lives Quaker values more than SFS.

That’s just stupid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone in the 80s and 90s who thought poorly of GDS was a bigot. The school has always provided a top notch education and the biggest issue that folks had with it was and is the Jewish population. It’s not a surprise that they always sent a bunch of kids to Ivy. That is common amongst the Jewish elite. Most of the criticisms leveled at the school have an undercurrent of anti Semitism.

So if you don’t like Sidwell, as most GDS boosters seem to bash Sidwell, does that make you anti-Quaker?

No, because GDS lives Quaker values more than SFS.

That’s just stupid.

Yes because GDS is not a Quaker school. But it is a school firmly and fully based on social justice precepts.

[Anonymous]

GDS is well self-regarded. And a PP is correct, there’s no lack of confidence among the students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the GDS/Harvard thing is just a tongue-in-cheek inside joke that traces back several years on this board. As a GDS booster myself, even I chuckle at it and use it from time to time.

Me too. It's time-honored, like using Larlo/Larla or the "what were you doing when accepted" thread.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone in the 80s and 90s who thought poorly of GDS was a bigot. The school has always provided a top notch education and the biggest issue that folks had with it was and is the Jewish population. It’s not a surprise that they always sent a bunch of kids to Ivy. That is common amongst the Jewish elite. Most of the criticisms leveled at the school have an undercurrent of anti Semitism.

So if you don’t like Sidwell, as most GDS boosters seem to bash Sidwell, does that make you anti-Quaker?

No, because GDS lives Quaker values more than SFS.

That’s just stupid.

Which school's students demonstrate simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship most?

[Anonymous]

Your very lost reveals the answer. How embarrassing you are. You confirm what the other GDS parents hoped was not true. The obnoxious post are not some trolling effort but instead reflect how deranged the community is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your very lost reveals the answer. How embarrassing you are. You confirm what the other GDS parents hoped was not true. The obnoxious post are not some trolling effort but instead reflect how deranged the community is.

Wut?

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

I'm not sure how anyone can visit the two US campuses (especially the athletic facilities) and conclude that SFS better embodies the Quaker value of simplicity. Certainly on environmental stewardship, it's indisputable that GDS has committed to transportation limitations with the ANC that SFS is currently unwilling to similarly commit/propose. Both schools are great, but I can't think of how SFS walks the walk of Quaker values in any meaningful way that GDS does not to at least an equal or greater degree.

My point is not to criticize SFS, but simply to note that it's absurd to suggest that GDS is anti-Quaker.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone in the 80s and 90s who thought poorly of GDS was a bigot. The school has always provided a top notch education and the biggest issue that folks had with it was and is the Jewish population. It’s not a surprise that they always sent a bunch of kids to Ivy. That is common amongst the Jewish elite. Most of the criticisms leveled at the school have an undercurrent of anti Semitism.

So if you don’t like Sidwell, as most GDS boosters seem to bash Sidwell, does that make you anti-Quaker?

No, because GDS lives Quaker values more than SFS.

That’s just stupid.

Which school's students demonstrate simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship most?

If you think (a) an answer exists to this question or (b) that you have that answer, you are seriously deluded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure how anyone can visit the two US campuses (especially the athletic facilities) and conclude that SFS better embodies the Quaker value of simplicity. Certainly on environmental stewardship, it's indisputable that GDS has committed to transportation limitations with the ANC that SFS is currently unwilling to similarly commit/propose. Both schools are great, but I can't think of how SFS walks the walk of Quaker values in any meaningful way that GDS does not to at least an equal or greater degree.

My point is not to criticize SFS, but simply to note that it's absurd to suggest that GDS is anti-Quaker.

You've totally missed the point of the anti-Quaker comment. And the rest of your post just reinforces the perception that GDS-related posts are so ridiculous that they must come from a single troll. Seriously, if that's the defense of these posts, then consider how dumb they appear to everyone else.