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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bullis students are rude. We were at a sporting event at Bullis recently and I was appalled at the obscenities that some Bullis students yelled at my 10 year old son and me in the parking lot before a sporting event last year.  [/quote]

That's horrible that your child experienced this. No excuse.  So I'm sure you'd agree that there's no excuse for non-Bullis private students and their parents to behave this way. I felt threatened by both students and parents of another area private when I picked my child up from an IAC championship game.  While the behavior wasn't verbal, the gestures and driving behavior was frightening. Guess it was passive aggressive behavior instead of active aggression. You do know that a common taunt at games where Bullis isn't playing is "You are Bullis".  How's that for obscenity? I also think the lemming-like trashing of Bullis on this site, and in public generally speaking, is abuse.  I'm trying to decide whether being a majority non-WASP school plays a factor.[/quote]

I actually think "you are Bullis" is pretty clever.  Different tastes.   However, I am curious what "gestures and driving behavior" qualify as both "passive aggressive" and "threaten[ing]"?  Someone flipping the bird could be threatening, I guess, but I wouldn't call it passive aggressive.  (I'd call it regular old aggressive.)  Someone trying to run you down would be threatening, but not passive aggressive (not just aggressive, but assault).  What happened?

I've been around these IAC/ISL schools for a while.  Bullis is taking knocks right now because there is the impression they are bending/breaking every rule to win at sports.  Five years ago, people said "nice school, nice grounds -- my neighbor's kid really likes it -- they've really improved their academics."  Now everybody's got a Bullis story.  And I would say I have noticed a distinct downward trend in sportsmanship from Bullis over that time period as well -- maybe they're doing a "circle the wagons" approach, maybe it's a change in coaching or top admin priorities.  But it's noticeable.[/quote]

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