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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a theory about why public school kids who get great results may not want to post them.

At top private high schools, it’s assumed or acceptable to game the system. Parents get private counselors, make up pseudo non-profits, etc. that may or may not help their kids get into a top school, but everyone is playing the same game. Very good to excellent results are expected, so posting those results are affirming of the school, the process, and their wealth. All very acceptable.

At public high schools, even the better/best ones, things are very different. In fact, there’s always a question about how a public school kid could be so good as to get into Harvard. Something must be amiss. So, people start looking for the “rotten” answer. Oh, the kid went to Langley; never would have happened from TJ. Oh, they started a non-profit, but it didn’t really do anything. Oh, they tutored for the SAT and took it multiple times. Oh, they started a dumb student club senior year that nobody attended, but they claimed it as a leadership item. On and on.

The sum is that when public school kids play the same games the private school kids do, they get derision from their public peers. So, why would they want to post and have people write crappy comments or none at all? Better to just let be and move on.

Thoughts? It’s only a hypothesis. Does this resonate with anyone? Is this what’s meant by cringe, or awkwardness. [/quote]

+1. Absolutely agree. I am guessing parents (mostly moms) are nicer about it and less cut throat in private than public? [/quote]

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