While I disagree with you that there aren't differences that might matter to a kid or a family, you're right that they're overstated. The dc private school club isn't super school-specific. We have two kids at"big 3 schools.” The kids, and the parents, all hang out with each other. Sidwell, gds, cathedral schools, maret—sure, there are differences, but the kids and parents know each other, live near each other, socialize together, etc. these communities aren’t isolated at all, there’s movement among them, and a similar group of families attend them all. |
And it’s Upper School, not high school please. |
In my view there is a palpable difference in culture with the all-male schools of St Albans School, Landon, Prep and Gonzaga, and the rest of the private schools. Really, in this day and age, I cannot see why responsible parents would choose an all-boys environment. An all boy environment - where it is encouraged for boys to be boys - laced with privilege/elitism is a recipe for all sorts of bad things to come...
So, OP, unless you aspire for your son to be a sexist at best, rapist at worst, man one day, go with the Frogs. |
Better STA than Maret than GDS. Better a man than a milquetoast than a wimpy boy. |
You must be new to the area (or an imbecile). |
Not new at all, and three kids who have attended a total of 5 different schools (2 Big 3's) during their years of schooling. You're just so drowned in the Kool-Ade that you can't see that you've turned completely purple. |
Oh I see, you’re socially illiterate.....that’s fine. Carry on. |
No, I -- and most of us, actually -- just see right through people like you. |
The sad thing is that in real life I probably know you, and think you witty and charming. The cloak of anonymity allows you to reveal what scares me most about you STA swine - you smile and charm but beneath that are vile, wretched human beings. |
Lol.....whilst we laugh at you. All good, carry on. |
Applicable to the parent community, as well. As evidenced on this thread. |
Not sure where this level of anger is coming from, but trust me when I say that you are more pitied than you realize. |
If St. Albans teaches such a narrow definition of "manhood," you've proven the PP's point. |
Re: the milquetoast poster, don’t let him get your goat. By the way he expresses himself, I am quite sure I know the poster. Yes, he is charming, but he’s well past his prime. Pasty, pot-bellied, and perpetually drunk. What he doesn’t know is his wife (beauty but definitely in the fading category is a flirt who will cross the line every once in awhile, and his son is near ready to venture out of the closet. Enjoy the next chapter ass-wipe. Karma stinks. |
Sports a bigger deal at STA? May I suggest STA coaches not be so intense. Teams there aren't good enough for all that intenseness. Believe everything else after that could refer to any public or private school in the area. I do love DCUM just to see how parents at name the school (STA/NCS and GDS in particular) make stuff up to reassure themselves of their supposed superiority. Sometimes entertaining. Sometimes exhausting. |