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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would you think someone who keeps posting "keep Sidwell wierd" is a Sidwell booster?  I would think the opposite.[/quote]

No, the "keep Sidwell wierd" poster is old Sidwell -- probably someone who also refers to certain traditions at the school as "Sidwellian" and who regrets the school's evolution over the past two decades from Quaker crunchy to Clintonistas and now Obama-mamas.  That person is  not going to give a hoot about college placement and will, in fact, decry the US News-ization of Sidwell.     [/quote]

I think they are the same poster, possibly a teenager. It's the same smug delivery of half-truths, even lies in the case of the exmissions post.[/quote]

How is "keep Sidwell weird" a half-truth?  It's not a statement of fact, but a slogan -- neither true or false.   [/quote]

Well it doesn't describe any of the many Sidwell kids I know, who are neither crunchy or hipsterish or extremely awkward, or any of the things you commonly associate with the word "weird." Mostly, they are nice, hard-working kids who really want (or their parents really want) to go to highly selective colleges. It's too bad the slogan suggests they're ashamed of that.[/quote]

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