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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know the original poster comes across as somewhat snobbish and perhaps not entirely aware of how her comments may sound, but I do think she’s genuinely trying to be helpful.

There is some truth to what she’s saying, although I think much of it reflects a city-versus-county difference rather than a school-quality issue. Families who choose to live in Baltimore City often have different priorities, lifestyles, and perspectives than families who choose to live in the county.

In my experience, schools such as Park, Bryn Mawr, Gilman, and Friends tend to attract many families connected to Johns Hopkins and other universities, while the independent schools in the county tend to attract people with deeper ties to Baltimore and less association with Hopkins families who tend not to be from the Baltimore area. 
It's really about finding the community and culture that best fits your family. I know Howard County families that's in their kids to McDonough and to Park. Both have buses, which are great, but maybe not convenient for a child whose active in afterschool sports. I do know two or three families from Howard County that felt the commute to Park was too much and actually ended up moving to Baltimore to be closer to Park.

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It was an appalling comment and wildly wrong. Parents at McDonogh and St. Pauls are more qualified to wait tables?! Golly.

I do agree there's a personality split between city and county schools. The best way to put it is that county privates lean corporate and business owners, city privates lean professionals and university educators/admin. One caveat and medical parents are everywhere. But there's even a split between Friends/Park and Gilman/Bryn Mawr. They're not totally aligned either. [/quote]

I don’t want to start anything, but I don’t think the original poster was entirely off the mark. Tactless? Yes. Totally wrong? No. There is some truth to what she said. I also think that some of the angry responses may be from people who identify with the county contingent being described. 
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I'm a bit fascinated by your response and defense, trying to be polite but ultimately still agreeing with a rude perspective. Sneering at people because they may initially think referring to Pi is something you eat is short sighted. I'm sure they were taught what Pi is, but it's also not important. Because isn't for most people I have double Ivy degrees and I never think about Pi.

Anyone who can afford expensive private schools is clearly doing something right, regardless of whether they know Pi or not. I'm tempted to be snarky and comment that I'm sure Friends and Park are filled with parents who think men can be women and don't see any irony in "queers for Gaza." They have their own vanities. There's a lot more virtue signaling at certain schools than others, which doesn't impress me. And I'm an alum of a certain school that looked at it for my own kids but went elsewhere.

I'm guessing that poster's kids are at Friends, which does offer a few merit scholarships unlike the other north Baltimore schools. And Friends absolutely has its vanities and cultural differences. It would not impress everyone.

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