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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any impressions of 2021?  My son, god willing, will be a member of that class next year as an entering 9th grader.[/quote]

The 2021 class seems to be made up of a nice group of kids.  The parents as a whole are also not of the insufferable variety that we have encountered with another son's class.[/quote]

One person's perspective.  Here is mine.  There is a core group of pretty boy, jocks and popular boys.  They are friendly enough.  But if you are not athletic, do not expect to break into the inner circle.  Things like parties and dances are just starting up for this grade. So the tension below the calm surface is about to erupt in spades.[/quote]

Here is the problem with that class, and it applies to the other classes of boys (I've had 3) I've seen.  You will always have the "pretty boy" jocks who by virtue of those qualities become big fish in the small Cathedral pond.  You will have a small group of the brainy/nerdy boys who are perfectly content to fly below the radar.  Then you have everyone else, who aspire to be noticed, but do not fit into the "pretty boy" jock mold and so exist in a state of wanting.  It's really like your high school experience, but with such small classes it's much harder to find a niche or subgroup.[/quote]

With such a small school, don't parents even want to try to make things better than their high school experience? Why do parents just accept things that maybe could be better and nicer. I say this as someone that was in the popular group always and does not have a son in this particular grade. Why not aim high and think we could make things better and nicer? I know of one grade in high school that has done just that and has succeeded in creating a pretty nice grade and community feel among the boys and I think in large part it is because several of the parents really tried to set the tone for that class from an early start. I admire them for doing that, as that is not the case unfortunately always. [/quote]

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