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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am highly educated and never heard of Sidwell until I came to work in DC. No one in my excellent college attended the school and no one bothered to ask anyone where they went to high school. It is just a DC phenom and a reflection of the shallow brand-name obsession in the city. [/quote]

Yup.[/quote]

Stop with the sanctimonious crap.  I have spent my adult life in New York, Boston, Washington and San Francisco.  Each of these cities, to varying degrees places emphasis on certain labels that help to identify social status.  In New York, there is equal emphasis on what school your kids attend, starting at the preschool level.  Ever heard of the 96th Street Y?  And a mention of Goldman Sachs or a prominent hedge fund are clear markers of prosperity. In SF, people casually mention that they were Apple employee number 136 as an indication of the fact that they were the beneficiaries of Apple stock when it was at $34.  In Boston, it's about neighborhoods, schools and country clubs in an environment with almost no racial integration. In LA it is about cars, schools and your proximity to power in media and entertainment.

So yes, people in DC care a lot about schools.  If there is one obsession worth having, that is probably the right one.[/quote]

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