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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I am full pay but I guarantee that if I see something that doesn't feel right, I am going to address it with the school. How sad that some of the AA posters are reluctant to 'make waves' for fear of repercussions even though they have justifiable issues regardless of full pay or FA.[/quote]

I hate to burst your bubble but white parents are reluctant to make waves for fear of repercussions, also.  [b]It is simply the nature of private schools where the headmaster has toal control over your child's future[/b].  I really isn't a race issue. Unless you are a big donor or have a perfect kid, you walk on eggshells.[/quote]

If you really think one administrator "has total control over your child's future" I feel sorry for you.  Good god, what hyperbole.  Does the headmaster take the PSAT or SAT for your child?  Do you think heads of schools spend their free time phoning college admissions people trying to keep specific students out of school?  Do you think college admissions people everywhere would care?  (Remember when BU took the girl who had murdered her mother after Harvard revoked the acceptance?)  Do you really believe which of the many top notch colleges/universities your child attends will make that much difference?  Does the headmaster control how your child does in college or grad school?

I hate this sort of overdramatic hyperbole.  I guess if you pay $35 grand a lot of people need to believe that there is a man or woman in a wood-paneled room controlling their child's future who must be propitiated like a dark and ancient spirit.

It's really about the kids.  Promise.  
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