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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are a couple of different elements going on. The writer seems to have an issue with Catholics and Jews-make no mistake that what she said was veiled racism. Make a subtle jab that schools like Gonzaga or Charles Smith are somehow less than make zero sense and is not based on any fact. You can’t because schools of faith have all sorts of different rebricd in terms of weaving in the ethical education with the actual execution of curriculum. It is all very personal to what a given parent values. She also mixes a real issue which is a parent calling a school to somehow hurt someone’s college chance by bringing up negative information and let’s face it it could be very biased with half of a story. Calling from blocked phones to boot now this is crazy and I am going to guess that population is so small in crazy that it is not worth discussing. The other issue which is real is outplacement people lying to parents and lying so much they (parents)feel they need to document by taping meeting. Sounds bad but if it is legal in DC (not sure if it is a one party must be aware area) then it forces honestly. I also think when you send your kid to private you are paying for a better education and a better education should result in a good placement. Now we are not talking about a poor student but a good student then yes I would think they would have more college choice the. Going to Whitman. A fine school but not Sidwell. I have no kid at Sidwell but can we agree it is a great school. I do think if it starts to turn out that you receive no benefit to college from a school like Sidwell then makes no sense to spend the money unless you are so wealthy you just want a fancy lunch. So the article just makes no sense.[/quote]

Holy crap! I cannot believe that sentence made it past the editors. If a TV anchor said that on air, they'd be fired.[/quote]

She said that the Catholic schools and Jewish day schools are “second rate,” not that Catholics and Jews are. Look at the million threads on this site on the “Big 3,” “Big 5,” top private schools in the area. None are Catholic or Jewish. But if you read the article she actually thinks that schools that teach religion are the only privates with a real mission, that the parents at the others essentially only have one mission, the pursuit of a top college for their kid.[/quote]

No there is definite prejudice against Catholic and Jewish school and the religious who send their kids there.
Saying “second rate”-what is the basis for second rate? I see this a lot and somehow this sort of nonsense is okay to say. It is not. Charlies Smith is an excellent school as are the many Catholic Independent
Schools. [/quote]

dp:  Suppose the basis for rating is proportion of National Merit Semi-Finalists.  Is the statement fair by that measure?[/quote]

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