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[quote=Anonymous]Without elaborating too much as you never know who is reading this, we changed schools for my sons high school career. In a very highly regarded, very academic private school,where we have met many lovely people. My son has met a lot of nice  kids and we have become naturally friends with some of the parents.  I have been seeing and have observed however,  a subtle but interesting and very real "divide" if you will between groups almost solely based on religions.

Don't get me wrong everyone is very nice to one another, but there is a waspy group and there is a Jewish group and then kind of everyone else. It seems and I could be wrong that these two groups specifically self segregate whether intentional or not. Am I wrong?

Ironically my husband falls into one of these groups but not I, I was not born here though I was educated here and consider myself an a proud American.  I think for this reason we are almost seen as a neutral pawn in this game of social standing. We get along with everyone and really don't "belong" to any one social group. It is a very interesting study of dynamics in the relationships of these parents, being one who is friends with everyone i observe from the sidelines and find it interesting but a bit troubling as well. Too sensitive of a subject to speak openly about and yet there is no denying its presence. It is very real.

I also find more with the girls than boys, that this relationship in effect predetermines to a point the "cliques' of the kids. Again I see it more with the girls than boys and frankly this makes me happy that my own D is well past this and in college on her own.

I wonder if this is more common in a school where the parents tend to be successful and affluent or is it the same everywhere? Thankfully we are "neutral" we are friends with many, not too close but enough to where we are included in  most events/parties,etc.....[/quote]

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