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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get the strong sense that the Prep and Landon detractors on this site are not alumni/parents from the other school, but rather parents/students from other places who enjoy stoking fires.[/quote]

I'm an ex-Prep parent (3 boys over 8 years), who lives in one of the Zip Codes from which both schools draw heavily.

I'd agree that the ideas and opinions on this board aren't on the same planet with what I have heard.

I'll agree that there's a good amount of antipathy between Landon and Prep but that all stems from 1.) the fierce athletic rivalry that exists, 2.) the off-campus, weekend unpleasantries that have occurred, and 3.) the insular natures of both schools. It's a clash of cultures between two schools whose athletic programs have brought them into proximity, but which are fundamentally different.

GP parents -- in my experience --  don't know anything about the Landon curriculum or how non-athletes are treated at Landon or any of this stuff. It's not a school they ever considered sending their kids to. If there were no Prep, their boys would be at Gonzaga or maybe the Heights or St. Anselms or even Saint John's. These are people who are committed to Catholic education and not "private schools" per se. My own knowledge about Landon -- outside of athletics -- is that it's on Wilson Lane and that's about it. I can find the gym easily, but what is in those other buildings is a mystery to me.

It's conceivable to me that some of the posters here may have had boys who have attended one of these schools and had a bad experience. That happens, I'm sure. But its the exception, not the rule. People are bright enough to understand that.

The whole premise of this conversation is very odd. Which is better, GP or Landon? How would one be qualified to answer that? Exactly one person on here had a boy go to each school. He or she said they both had good experiences. Everybody else on here seems to have an axe to grind. Or, they can speak to their expereince at one of the schools.

If there really are people who are considering both schools -- a rarity, in my experience -- they might better ask, "What type of boy does best and what type might struggle?"

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