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[quote=Anonymous]I don't think anyone is saying it's good or bad that the Janney kids are popular at Deal.  I replied and I know I wasn't putting any value judgement on this.  
Simply I noted that I've noticed this.  As a prior Janney parent I think it's interesting.  I didn't find Janney especially easy to navigate socially. 
LOTs of social climbing and inviting X, Y or Z kid because of who their parents are and not because of who the kids are friends with.   Lots of being "looked through" at
social gatherings because I wasn't important enough socially to be talked to by some parents.  One of my children is now in an elite private school and the parents there
(although far wealthier and more "powerful" than the Janney parents) are far nicer than Janney parents were (I am a nobody at both schools).  There's something about having arrived vs. clamoring to claw your way up that makes people comfortable in their own skin and generally nicer.  
That said, the Janney weirdness isn't found in every class and with every parent (there are plenty of nice people!) but it does permeate some grades and seems to dominate some. 
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