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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I took the suggestion of searching GDS as well. i am surprised that so many people dislike the school. i thought it was top-tier until i read the negative comments.[/quote]

The people who hate the school seem to know very little about it.  They're categorically opposed to some aspect (e.g. calling teachers by their first names), opt out (fair enough -- it's clearly not a match), and then spew all sorts of garbage about the school.  Believe what you want to believe.  Sometimes I think that the visceral reaction comes from the fact that GDS threatens a certain sort of world-view -- one that sees excellence as a product of hierarchy and constraint.  And that's even before we get to the issue of whether a commitment to diversity raises or lowers academic standards.[/quote]

Honestly, it is the 21st century. Most, if not all, schools have an international focus. Furthermore, this is Washington and the vast majority of applicant families at any DC private whether it be GDS, Beauvoir, or Sidwell are WB,IMF, diplomats, or just highly educated people many of whom are part of a bi-racial couple. If ANYONE in DC is "still invested in old views of the world" it is GDS. The world has moved on, GDS is still looking at everything in black and white. It poorly serves the students, imho. We did not apply..

DD attends a Cathedral school where she has had a teacher who was a minority every year of her last five years. Three of those five were multi-racial. It is a non-issue to my DC who was born in the 21st century.[/quote]

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