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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those with boys currently at STA who entered in 4th:  What were your boys like as 7 and 8 year olds?  Were they studious, social, active etc?  Sometimes I wonder if there is only "one type" of boy that does well there-- the quiet, studious boy in the corner.  Is there any truth to that??[/quote]

That seems like so long ago.  But it wasn't.  My DS is now an "A Former" (i.e., 6th grade), so that was only 4 years ago.  There really is no "one type," but if you had to nail down such a thing, my boy would fit the mold.  And he is not now, nor was he at 8, the "quiet, studious boy" in the corner.  My boy is now, as he was when he was 8,  first and foremost, a boys, boy, who loves running, jumping, wrestling, and throwing.  Anytime.  All the time.  Sports were, and are, the center of his life.  Unathletic boys do exist at STA.  But I know not a single one who is not competitive.  And boy does STA foster competition, in every conceivable way.  For those of us of the warm and nurturing school of thought, competition may seem at first anathema and distasteful.  But you see how healthy competition leads to learning, and bonding, and fun.  My sports loving, competition hungry, and chest thumping boy was hardly quiet 8, and he is actually quite loud now at 12.  When I observe him at school, he and his cohorts are usually yelling or screaming or laughing, usually at the "Prison Yard" basketball/soccer area near the pick-up area.  Actually, PP, now that I think about it, there are few true "quiet studious boys in the corner" at STA, at least as far as I can tell. [/quote]

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