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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]14:19 here. Thanks BCC student for your comments. I'm sure many find them helpful. While we have your attention, I was trying to think of other commonly-discussed NCS/Beauvoir questions that you could answer. Here are a few:

(1) A hot topic among parents is "redshirting," where a young student is held back a year. Some think parents do this to gain competitive advantage for their kids. Did you see any evidence of that at NCS/B? In your experience, were the older kids in each class more successful?
(2) Some people have wondered whether lower/middle-class students and families are treated with less respect at NCS/B. I heard your comment earlier about a few very wealthy VIPs getting unfair advantage, but does the flip-side hold true? Are you treated differently if you're less well-off than most other students? If so, does the poor treatment come from students, from faculty, or from administration?
(3) Are there any Jewish families at NCS/B?
(4) Is bullying or "mean girl" behavior at NCS/B any more common than in other schools, like B-CC?

I can't think of any other questions, but perhaps others will post some for you. Thanks again for your input.[/quote]

1. Actually I didn't see much of that. My best friend was almost an entire year younger than me but in my grade and I was actually one of the older kids. I wasn't a better student than her, if anything, she kept me focused and was much more well organized. I think success has more to do with where you put your priorities and how much time you are willing to put in (as well as natural ability).

2. This question and #4 are related in my mind. Basically, at NCS, there is an upper echelon of students who are quite wealthy and these same people tend to be the ones who display mean girl type behavior. Those students would be the ones to look down upon less wealthy students or to make snide comments about people's clothes, hair, etc. The good thing is that there are very few students like that and they don't really have any power over the students populace. Whereas, in Mean Girls, for example, the "Plastics" could control the students because of their popularity and the other students fawned over them, at NCS most students just think that the snobby girls are annoying and don't listen to them.

3. A couple. Not too many though. In my grade there were 2 Jewish girls if I am remembering correctly.

4. I think that it is more comment. More nasty things are said behind people's backs and more rumors and gossip are spread. I think that this is party because NCS is single-sex. Girls tend to fight dirty with words whereas boys tend to sort of lay their problems out in the open and deal with them in a more physical manner. [/quote]

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