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[quote=Anonymous]I promise I'm not a troll. DC got into 2 of the Big 3 and whenever we have run in to kids who are in these schools they or their parents always seem to hesitate or look reluctant when naming their school.

Say DD met a friend at camp and at pick up we ask, where does Larla go to school? These are just normal casual conversations sometimes because the the kids want to make plans to do something and we're trying to learn more about the family and in public people ask that because it helps them determine where the child lives for driving purposes.

The parent will kind of whisper the answer.  It's so different from public school parents who will proudly say their chlid's school or from parents who have kids at Stone Ridge, Visi, Burke, Field, Norwood, Holton and other schools. It's almost as if they are embarrassed to be associated with their school in some settings. Is it because they think ordinary public school parents will be envious? Is it like the "I went to school in Cambridge" false modesty? Because they are afraid we are going to rob them because we assume they are wealthy? Recently, it because of the GDS controversy?

This has occurred over and over again in many different settings and it's always bothered me. What gives? [/quote]

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