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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know Weedon, but why on earth would anyone talk about this with the WaPo?

Looks like political posturing at the expense of an 8th grader.

It's nobody's damn business? How is she going to feel arty school through the end of the year?

My kid can barely look at me when I step foot on campus. ;)  He'd run off to the circus if I let a reporter take pictures of him. [/quote]

Another poster nailed it: Because he spent years chastising families for my choosing Eastern. Now that he is faced with the same decision, he needs a public airing of the dilemma that is now his. All of this trumps his daughter’s right to privacy. [/quote]

So he wanted other parents (high SES) to " pave the way" for his kids to the point of castigating them, but when that didnt happen "in time" hes jumping ship, rather than seize the opportunity to "pave the way" for others? You just cant make this stuff up...[/quote]

Yes, exactly. He knows the teachers there - the commitment. I think their real dilemma was having her tahr the test, not now. Maybe it is the daughter’s decision? The irony is, if she went to Eastern, she’d be a s[b]hoo-in for a very top college[/b]. [/quote]

of course she would. And for schools to change in the way it sounds like the Weedons have historically wanted (neighborhood 'investment' across SES) someone from high SES has to be "the first". Hope they choose Eastern. It sounds like their daughter is comfortable with this (did anyone find it odd how he was taking so much ownership of the decision of a young and apparently thoughtful adult?) and they will feel better as a family for not being complete hypocrites.[/quote]

Why do you think she'd be a shoo in for top colleges coming from Eastern?  (This is an honest question, not snark).  Because the school hasn't sent a kid to yale yet?  The daughter herself wouldn't have much to set her apart from 1000 other white kids with an educated family and (one assumes) good grades.  Plus, I'm not sure how you write a "I'm the only white kid at this school" application essay without sounding awful, so she'd have to write something about her extracurricular card game lifestyle or grandpa or whatever like everyone else.  Or am I missing something--does being a top performer at a not very high performing high school give you a leg up in college admissions?[/quote]

I would imagine being a top performer at a low performing school would increase her chance of graduating top in class. It may not get you automatic access to Yale, but perhaps a strong school and perhaps some merit scholarships. [/quote]

No it would not. Unless Malia really, really challenged herself (learning languages on the side, [b]taking college classes, teaching herself and scoring well on IB exams or SAT2s[/b], she does not get any leg up with eastern. In fact it may hurt her because will compete against top African American classmates in eastern, and THEY will get any merit scholarships to college, etc. [/quote]

I imagine this would be the case no matter where she attends. [/quote]

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