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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one will drive that you have better odds of getting into uva from Wakefield. Less competition, for one thing.  [/quote]

PP here.  The UVA/Top Ten numbers are W&L and Yorktown.  To rebut the statement that that the smart Yorktown students are departing in droves for W&L.  See bolded statement.  Perhaps that was a typo and you did not mean YHS?

Totally agree that Wakefield is different for the socioeconomic reasons already discussed.  Their UVA/other numbers reflect this.  But, totally agree that for some kids big fish/small pond works great.

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The condescension is overpowering and sickening.

Significant differences between WHS and the others for sure. But different does not equate to inferior.

WL and YHS parents, you made your choices and you wouldn't trade them for the world and would move or go private rather than send your kids to Wakefield. Fine. Please just stop looking down on WHS and judging - the school, the kids, the quality of education. You aren't here. We have equally outstanding teachers and comparable (not identical) AP offerings. We have some crappy teachers, too. We have an excellent and effective counseling department and a community of good people with an array of interesting and fascinating stories.

Best thing about small pond WHS? Kids can get a high quality education (or "fine" or "adequate" from WL and YHS perspectives  :roll: ) without the exhausting snottiness, arrogance, and pressure-cooker, socially-competitive environment of WL and YHS. Would it be nice to win a football game once in a while? Yeah. But an education is more critical in life than state championships - and education is why I send my kids to school. Our kids know they may not win or always get a "superior" rating; but they enjoy participating and working together and trying. Fewer awards and titles doesn't diminish their school pride or spirit and makes the victories and wins all the more meaningful to them.

Worst thing about small pond WHS? Having to learn to ignore the condescension and attitudes of superiority from the rest of the County. Been dealing with that all the way through since elementary school ("Where do your kids go?....Oh." Conversation stops  :roll: ) Correction: been dealing with such reactions and attitudes since moving to Arlington -  "where do you live?.. Oh." If conversation continues, "All the way down there?" or a patronizing "that's nice."  That's the real Arlington Way.[/quote]

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