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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To 21:32:  It is really quite simple, though probably not PC to state so boldly.  The obsession with Beauvoir has to do with:

1)  The fact that it is THE most expensive independent elementary school, in a city of overly-expensive elementary independent schools, and

2) The fact that it is affiliated with National Cathedral and therefore the Episcopal Church, which is regarded by many as The Church in this country (just ask any Episcopalian), and

3) The fact that it has a super-involved parent and alum group who act as a PR machine to keep the myth alive.

Have I left anything out?

These facts keep alive a culture of "haves" (those in the school) and "have nots" (those who were not admitted).  As with anything else, the "have nots" play just as big a role in the PR machine of the "haves" because they also perpetuate the myths, by obsessing about what they are missing.

It's basic psych 101.  An analogy: remember not getting into alpha alpha alpha sorority, and having to pretend that you were OK with beta beta beta???[/quote]

You hit the nail on the head.

What you left out is that almost without exception, each family is rich, or powerful, or both.   Their connections in both the private and public spheres are vast.  The family directory reads like a Who's Who of Washington.  It's almost like Skull and Bones for the adult set.  They are, much as I hate to admit it, a rather glamorous if boorish bunch.  Throw in some scandal [the other Beauvoir thread is but the most recent] and you have a recipe for a real life telenovela.[/quote]

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