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[quote=Anonymous]I wonder if some of these posters even have a son at STA by the previous comments.

Neither of my sons were ever "broken" in C Form (4th grade).  And one of mine had the "hard" teacher too.  They both flourished, as did their many friends.  It is a BIG change, whether they came from Beauvoir or not.  They are asked to be responsible for themselves.  Mommy and Daddy don't get to walk them inside and do their work for them (though some still do, no doubt).  The boys are asked to do things themselves, like remember their homework and their stuff.  Many boys lose things, can't open their lockers, forget their assignments.  This is NOT the school breaking them -- this is the boy getting used to a new school where he is asked to become responsible for himself.  It is a big step for some.  Mine had their share of lost items (usually books or ties or belts) but they moved on and up.

Now to address that writing comment.  That IMHO is total bs yet again.  My lower school son can write a dazzling essay.  Whomever said that STA boys do not learn to write is clueless, or their son may just struglle in that area.  Most of the boys we know at college believe that STA was harder -- and that without the foundation they would not have succeeded as well in college bcecause they learned  to think independently and creatively and most of all to write well.
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