Anonymous
Post 04/13/2023 18:06     Subject: Re:Middle of the Road Folks at Whitman

What you believe makes no difference at all. Your kid will be attending the school.

If you live in bounds for Whitman you already interact with the families whose kids attend the school. On my block we actually have a couple of people who worked in the Trump administration and people on the other end of the spectrum and people on the middle (me being one of them). Those are the people who will be at Whitman - it's a public school that draws from a specific geographic area.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2023 14:51     Subject: Middle of the Road Folks at Whitman

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It depends how you lean right, OP. Whitman is in a wealthy neighborhood. Rich people run the gamut, because a lot have "business-friendly" views on politics (weaker unions, more flexibility for employers, smaller government, fiscal responsibility, lower corporate taxes, etc), and this might make them vote conservative. But you won't find too many social/religious conservatives (no abortion, no gay marriage), even though I'm sure they exist!



We know tons but they just are smart enough not to tell people like you.


Tons going to Whitman? As I said, I'm sure there are some social conservatives of various nationalities and religions going to this school. But "tons"? No

Anonymous
Post 04/13/2023 14:48     Subject: Middle of the Road Folks at Whitman

Thought those aren’t Whitman kids. Whitman kids rallied to support Jewish students after those were discovered.
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2023 00:05     Subject: Middle of the Road Folks at Whitman

I mean, except for the swastikas they're super liberal.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2023 23:57     Subject: Middle of the Road Folks at Whitman

Thanks! Good to know. Actually I’d hate for my kids to go to Harvard. Blowhards! Rather a less prestigious school with happier kids.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2023 23:16     Subject: Middle of the Road Folks at Whitman

no one cares, everyone is doing their own thing, striving for Harvard and ignoring everyone else. You'll be fine.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2023 21:39     Subject: Middle of the Road Folks at Whitman

Anonymous wrote:It depends how you lean right, OP. Whitman is in a wealthy neighborhood. Rich people run the gamut, because a lot have "business-friendly" views on politics (weaker unions, more flexibility for employers, smaller government, fiscal responsibility, lower corporate taxes, etc), and this might make them vote conservative. But you won't find too many social/religious conservatives (no abortion, no gay marriage), even though I'm sure they exist!



We know tons but they just are smart enough not to tell people like you.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2023 18:08     Subject: Middle of the Road Folks at Whitman

They are not middle of the road in SES, though.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2023 18:08     Subject: Middle of the Road Folks at Whitman

Anonymous wrote:We literally right in the middle. We aren’t far right and we aren’t far left.


You'll be find.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2023 18:04     Subject: Middle of the Road Folks at Whitman

We literally right in the middle. We aren’t far right and we aren’t far left.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2023 17:57     Subject: Middle of the Road Folks at Whitman

It depends how you lean right, OP. Whitman is in a wealthy neighborhood. Rich people run the gamut, because a lot have "business-friendly" views on politics (weaker unions, more flexibility for employers, smaller government, fiscal responsibility, lower corporate taxes, etc), and this might make them vote conservative. But you won't find too many social/religious conservatives (no abortion, no gay marriage), even though I'm sure they exist!

Anonymous
Post 04/11/2023 17:28     Subject: Middle of the Road Folks at Whitman

Anonymous wrote:Hi! So we are a pretty middle of the road people, politically, liberal views on some issues and slightly right of middle on others. Whitman strikes us as being super super liberal. Do the middle of the road people exist at the school?
Thank you!


We who? Your child might have different political opinions.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2023 17:25     Subject: Middle of the Road Folks at Whitman

It's not what you think. There are a fair share of super super conservative people there too. They just don't make it really obvious all the time.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2023 17:13     Subject: Re:Middle of the Road Folks at Whitman

Nah. It has its fair share of nutjobs, too.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2023 16:39     Subject: Middle of the Road Folks at Whitman

Hi! So we are a pretty middle of the road people, politically, liberal views on some issues and slightly right of middle on others. Whitman strikes us as being super super liberal. Do the middle of the road people exist at the school?
Thank you!