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[quote=Anonymous]Wow. As a Chevy Chase native and Landon alum I'm fascinated by this thread.

Granted, my experience is a little out of date, but I played hockey for 10 years on a team with players from Landon, Prep, STA, Sidwell and other schools. We saw each other at parties and other DC events.

One of my best friends growing up was on my hockey team and went to Bullis. We hung out together frequently. Two other good friends went to St. Andrews.

I played tennis and was coached outside of Landon, so I practiced with players from schools all over the DC area, including from Prep, STA and other private and public schools, and saw many of those players at tournaments, parties and other DC events.

Neighbors across the street went to Prep. As with my other activities, I saw them at DC events and at parties.

During my high school years I dated girls from Holton, Stone Ridge, Churchill and Washington Lee, so I saw people at a lot of different parties.

When I went to college and met someone who went to any of the other DC private schools, we had a shared experience and generally knew people in common.

Every one of the schools in the DC area is different and has strengths and weaknesses. Every one of them can claim successful alumni, and has some they'd rather not claim.

There were aspects of my experience at Landon that were fantastic, and it prepared me very well for college and life. There were aspects of life at Landon that were not so great, but they also prepared me for college and life. I had great teachers and had some great experiences. I dealt with some bullies and learned a lot about life. From hearing from many of my peers from other schools, our experiences were similar.

If having a religious component to your son's education is important, Landon is not going to provide it. That just means you have to get that outside of school.

If you people are treating each other like members of different gangs based on where your children are going to school, that's your own baggage, not your kids'.[/quote]

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