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[quote=Anonymous]I am sure that the parents who send their kids to STA (myself included) do so for a variety of reasons.  To reduce the discussion to test scores is to ridiculous.  Someone pointed out that by being an all boys school, the school has lost out on a potentially large applicant pool with greater qualifications.  While true, it also ignores any of the rationale for an all boys education, as if the most important thing for a school is to admit the absolute best and brightest and educate them to where they have the top scores.  Is that what we want out kids' education to be about?

What about sports?  This is an integral part of the school experience for STA, hopefully creating a class of students who understand the value of a team (not to mention the value of daily rigorous physical activity).  Is this something the TJ students will emerge with as well, or can they spend an entire high school career with only margianl involvement in sports?  Should we negate the importance of the religious foundation of the school?  What about public service?  Is a sense of community unimportant?  Do you think TJ fosters that same kind of bond among the students that STA has fostered?

And whoever is penning all the witty, cavalier responses to any attempt to talk about the positives about STA, iyou ARE disparaging.  Your replies are insulting.  If you don't get that, I suppose you missed some critical element of socialization in your education.  [/quote]

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