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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't doubt that there are moms who get involved in their children's social lives through play dates, etc., but have you ever walked through the school grounds during a C Form (or B or A) recess?  Total unstructured play.  Crazy tag games, invented ball-off-the-wall games, hide and seek, mini-soccer -- and all the kids are part of some game or another.[/quote]

Bizarre or ironic as it may sound, it was my observations at the end of the school day, seeing the unstructured play in the "Prison Yard" and elsewhere throughout the school, that I came to the conclusion that STA "got" boys, that each boy would find his own path through the social maze, and that maybe, just maybe, we weren't totally nuts to be spending 35K per year for the STA experience.
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I don't think it's ironic or bizarre at all.  I love walking through and seeing the kids playing -- it's a very joyful, healthy sight to see.  It's still not the perfect school for every boy -- the Upper School is fairly rigorous and that can be tough on kids who might struggle academically, and I think at the Upper School some boys might do better in a co-ed atmosphere -- but I do think they "get" boys for the most part and have created a nurturing place for them to grow and develop.[/quote]

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