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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]22:02 here. It's hard for many of the reasons others have mentioned. I am sure there are plenty of nice families with nice kids at SSSAS, but the culture seems a bit overly materialistic and anti-intellectual. I am sure it is "rigorous" in the sense that kids have to work hard to get good grades, but that kind of rigor is not the same as having a culture in which curiosity, creativity and individuality flourish.  I want my kids to be in a diverse school where there is no pressure to fit into a cookie cutter mold, and where they can be themselves and be appreciated and encouraged.

SSSAS doesn't seem awful-- it seems like a perfectly okay school -- but it doesn't seem all that interesting, either. We are more attracted to Field, Burke, the New School and even TC Williams.

As I said, I would be very, very happy to be proven wrong! If you think I am wrong please tell me. The kids could ride their bikes to school if they went to SSSAS-- oh boy would I love that.

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GDS also has the kind of rigor you are referring to and there is no cookie cutter mold for its students.[/quote]

It is also home of a lot of weirdos and an awful school if your child as any athletic aspirations.[/quote]

Their cross country and track and field teams are great...won the boys MAC titles 4 years in a row...no other school can boast this. I love how intellectual kids are labelled weirdos by those who feel athletics is most important.[/quote]

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