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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in the Einstein district but DS is only 10 months old so I'm not all that worried about it right now.  Our ES is supposed to be pretty good so for now, HS is not really a major concern.  But, I don't feel that Einstein is out of the question for us by any means.  I was somewhat concerned when we moved here about it but after meeting our neighbors and attending events at the school (and talking to many Einstein parents), I feel a lot better about sending our child there.  I highly doubt we will still be living in this house when my kid hits high school because I don't think our house is big enough for more than one kid but I can't say that I wouldn't consider a bigger house in the same area (if we still live in DC, which is questionable).

Do I think that Einstein is on the same level as WJ or Churchill?  No.  But I don't care.  I also don't think that my Toyota is as nice as a Lexus but I don't care about that either.  I didn't go to the best school in the area where I grew up and I turned out just fine.  I didn't want to go to the "best" school, [i][b]even though I was able to get in and my parents could have afforded it[/b][/i].  Just didn't want to deal with the competition and elitism.  For some, that's important but that's not me and [i][b]I don't want my kid growing up to think that the world is 92% white and everyone gets BMWs on their 16th birthday[/b][/i].  If you want that, great---move to Bethesda and send your kid to Churchill but not all of us want to live that way.  Leave us alone and let us live how and where we want to live.

The funny thing is, having been out of high school for 15 years, I don't even really think about my high school years.  It was a period of my life, I went through it, it's now over.  I can't say that it really matters to me as an adult where I went to high school.  And it hasn't mattered to any of the employers I have ever had.  College, maybe.  Grad school, yes.  But high school???  Really???

PS--I moved to the Einstein district from the WJ cluster---Bethesda just wasn't for me.  In 6 years of living in Bethesda, I didn't know one of my neighbors.  Here, I know everyone on the street.[/quote]

What an insecure, hypocritical post.   If you're OK with your choices, why the need to let everyone know that you were able to get into the "best school," but declined to attend?   Why lie about Bethesda and Churchill and suggest it's 92% white (far off the mark) or that everyone gets a BMW on their 16th birthday (as if).   You don't want to be left alone at all.  You want to claim the moral high ground, but only if it's clear that you could readily avail yourself of the alternatives you spurn.   Sorry, hun, but I'm not buying this crap.  [b]Yours in a classic case of wanting the smaller pond just so you can be a bigger fish. [/b [/quote]

Not even close.  But thanks for the analysis of my life.  I appreciate it, HON![/quote]

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