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[quote=Anonymous][quote=SAM2]Thanks to the PPs for clarifying that your assessment of GDS/Sidwell LS & MS are your own anecdotal experiences.  There's a lot to unpack from the GDS parent's post.  (Are you the same person I was trading PMs with a couple months ago?)

I did not mean to suggest that anecdotal evidence is not valid.  It certainly has its place and often is the only evidence available.  But I personally treat all anecdotal evidence (including even my own experiences) with a fair amount of skepticism unless it can be confirmed by objective data.  (Yeah, I know, I'm a real Dorothy Parker as a dinner guest.)  And on DCUM, it's even harder to decide whether anonymous reports are valid or not.  So thanks for explaining the basis for your comments.[/quote]

So, does that mean that you have no opinion re whether the Sidwell and/or GDS lower schools (and/or middle schools) are coasting based on the reputation or performance of the upper schools?  If so, cool.

If not, and you just assume that the two posters you singled out are wrong until vindicated by "objective data," then it makes no sense because no objective data has been offered to support other opinions on this question either.

Your tone reads more like the second approach, so if that's not what you meant, you should probably clarify.  [/quote]

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