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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone or any school that makes decisions based on anonymous posts deserves what they get.  I read some of the posts.  Even the former head of Diversity at NCS gets tossed under the bus.  While some of the older posts are plausible do you really believe a current student told another that if this was a few years ago I’d lynch you?  [/quote]

You're talking about a school where kids photoshopped black faces onto holocaust corpses in 2019.  So yes, I believe these posts are plausible.  Good grief.  [/quote]

What was so grotesque and troublesome about this event which happened TWO year ago is:

Not only did the kids do it but they felt confident enough to do it openly at school.  Clearly they didn't fear repercussions or expulsion for doing this.  They assumed the school would have their back or that it would just be laughed off.  
It really shows how intrenched racism is in parts of this school community.

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And how entrenched the privilege and elitism is. These boys are literally told on a daily basis how special and better than everyone else they are because they go to STA. This deep culture bleeds over to the parents as well, which is why we hear all to often about how most boys couldn't handle the academics at STA and how STA is the best school and so special, etc, etc. Even the Black at STA Instagram posts address this issue, saying it was "relentlessly promoted" that the boys were the "best of the best" and "better than everyone else" because they were at STA. This narcissism, elitist, and privilege is entrenched in the culture and encouraged. It is the crux of the problem in regards to a majority of issues the schools has been facing.[/quote]

I really think you've hit on something here.  I have a daughter in the upper school at NCS and you don't have this same "you are better than everyone else" culture there. There was none of it in the admissions process and I can't recall any time that my daughter has been told "you're at the best school, you are so privileged to be here" or similar. Life is a fairly quiet slog for these girls and there is very little (to no) recognition of how hard they work.  In contrast, my son went on the admissions tour at STA and it was clear from those 60 minutes that the school is relentless in promoting to their boys that they are the "most special boys ever and this experience is the most special experience ever".  
It's interesting because I know this bothers some NCS parents who also have kids at STA; they like the self-promotion of STA and wish that NCS had more of it.  Frankly they love being told how elite their boys are.  However, this sort of self-promotion runs the risk of creating elitism and toxic privilege. 
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This is very interesting and I think ad a whole men are far more in need of pats on the back then women because culture has created that dynamic. This difference Seems to be played out to the extreme at NCS and StA.[/quote]

PP, you seem oddly obsessed with this particular school and one wonders why

There are many schools in DC . Apply to a different one perhaps .

You are likely to find more happiness than insisting ( pre-admission of your child no less) that the school become co-Ed, lose its Episcopalian affiliation and values ( all to suit you as they seem to turn you off ) . Stop being so academically challenging ...stop trying to produce well educated, poised and confident young adults because - again you just hate the look of them.

Become co-Ed, stop it with the educated mind/ healthy body thing cause you just hate that too ....sports should be voluntary only and no one should ever have to put on a jacket and tie because -well, because you don’t like it

OR, you could just apply to GDS, Sidwell, Maret and thereby show that you can be respectful of those who may prefer something different than you - except you DON’T respect anyone who doesn’t have same exact preferences as you

Odd that you self style yourself as having an open mind [/quote]

I'm the poster you're replying to and it was my first post in this thread.  It's not one poster who is "oddly obsessed" but many posters who have the identical thoughts/observations about STA.

And what are you jabbering on about regards to posters stating that they want to change STA to co-ed and lose it's Episcopalian affiliation?  None of this was mentioned in this thread at all.  I'd suggest you put down the mid-day drink. 
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+1 except no way all that crazy can be explained by a single mid-day drink. That's years of delusion and possible substance abuse coming out to play today. [/quote]

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