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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe it was a school mixup.  My friend at Landon told me a few years ago that her middle school son was being taught geography by a former Washington Redskins player whose college degree was in "criminal justice."  Just guessing here, but it sounds like he MIGHT have been hired first as a coach!  It makes a difference to me, because it tells me something about a school's priorities.  I don't have a son at Landon or STA (but am considering both), but the emphasis that some boys' schools apparently put on sports gives me pause.  If a guy can really coach AND teach, great, but the teaching has to be the priority, at least from my family's perspective.  You know the old adage:  Those who can't, teach.  And those who can't teach, teach gym.[/quote]

MIGHT in CAPS????   Why are YOU interested in these schools which do a fine job educating and mentoring BOYS?   STA and Landon will do fine without your DS.  [/quote]

There are some really excellent coach-teachers at STA and some really inadequate coach-teachers that have no business teaching core curriculum subjects.  Just because a man can throw/catch/bat a ball and win a classroom full of boy's awe doesn't mean that he should be playing classroom teacher. Really review and thoroughly understand what your son should be learning in each grade, especially during grades 4-8.

Don't waste your son's time and your money by leaving him ill-prepared for 9th grade and beyond.

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I wonder then why the school is consistently ranked among the best high schools in the country.  Wait wait, let me save you the trouble.  Legacies, money, and preexisting aptitude.  It usually comes back to that.  I for one have researched the curriculum and feel my son is in good hands.  I will agree with you however that just because someone can win over a class of boys doesn,t mean he should be in the classroom.  Beauvoir has certainly taught me that![/quote]

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