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Anonymous wrote:For many, it is about buying the prestige of going to a TT school.

To this point specifically, is there anyone sending their kids to elementary or preschool for 65+k/yr who is not "buying the prestige of going to a TT school"? I have no illusions that it's about merit and how this 4 year old's block-arranging prowess is a sure indicator of a future academic superstar.

Cynical answer: no, of course not. It’s all social climbing and networking.

Truth: Yes, 100%. I’m a trinity survivor, as is my sibling, and my kid is at little dalton now, has been since K. We opted to send the kiddo to dalton (they were admitted to trinity and hunter, too) in part because we genuinely believe they will have the greatest chance of gaining the love of learning and developing into a healthy young adult there more than anywhere else.

We don’t care about prestige, never really have, we don’t particularly care where they wind up going to college (or if they decide they want to transfer to another school at some point), and we don’t mind what they wind up doing with their life (within reason, of course). We want them to be happy and kind. The rest - becoming adequately educated, hard-working, cultured, etc. - are secondary concerns. But prestige we couldn’t give less of a fuh about.

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Anonymous wrote:Also HM is probably the second most un-woke TT after Trinity, so if you're deeming them beyond the pale because of a talk about equity versus equality, you should probably give up on the whole project and find some Republican boarding school to send your kid to.

(or just send them to public school where they don't spend so much time hand-wringing about equity because they have an actually diverse student body)

Can you name a Republican (or even moderate) boarding school? I’d love to send my children there. They’re all woke and spout the same equity curriculum

Deerfield is, was, always will be the slytherin of the founders league.

This is outdated. What the previous head, Margarita, did to instill and enforce progressive ideology on the school remains in force and little of the old Deerfield remains. It is like most of its other top boarding school peers with little to differentiate it.

Respectfully, hard disagree, chum. They’ve made leaps on diversity, but it remains quantum leaps from its peers.

Same poster here: Deerfield also isn’t a founders league member.

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Anonymous wrote:Also HM is probably the second most un-woke TT after Trinity, so if you're deeming them beyond the pale because of a talk about equity versus equality, you should probably give up on the whole project and find some Republican boarding school to send your kid to.

(or just send them to public school where they don't spend so much time hand-wringing about equity because they have an actually diverse student body)

Can you name a Republican (or even moderate) boarding school? I’d love to send my children there. They’re all woke and spout the same equity curriculum

Deerfield is, was, always will be the slytherin of the founders league.

This is outdated. What the previous head, Margarita, did to instill and enforce progressive ideology on the school remains in force and little of the old Deerfield remains. It is like most of its other top boarding school peers with little to differentiate it.

Respectfully, hard disagree, chum. They’ve made leaps on diversity, but it remains quantum leaps from its peers.

Anonymous wrote:I think it has the most national reputation and is known to be rigorous, so it attracts a certain crowd. "Easiest" is likely the wrong word because it clearly has maintained its admissions standards.

Right, i think by "easiest" they mean "possible to enter in the early grade without being a child and a grandchild of an alum/not enrolled in the super-feeder daycare.." HM expands meaningfully in the upper grades where they are able to get very academically strong kids many of whom take advantage of the depth of their math/science elective offerings. If your kid is smart/nerdy, they will have a good chance of finding their crowd.

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Anonymous wrote:For many, it is about buying the prestige of going to a TT school.

To this point specifically, is there anyone sending their kids to elementary or preschool for 65+k/yr who is not "buying the prestige of going to a TT school"? I have no illusions that it's about merit and how this 4 year old's block-arranging prowess is a sure indicator of a future academic superstar.

I would expect someone to at least know the difference between a traditional and progressive education. Why they picked the school besides it is the easiest of the TT schools to be admitted to.

I think it has the most national reputation and is known to be rigorous, so it attracts a certain crowd. "Easiest" is likely the wrong word because it clearly has maintained its admissions standards.

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Anonymous wrote:For many, it is about buying the prestige of going to a TT school.

To this point specifically, is there anyone sending their kids to elementary or preschool for 65+k/yr who is not "buying the prestige of going to a TT school"? I have no illusions that it's about merit and how this 4 year old's block-arranging prowess is a sure indicator of a future academic superstar.

I would expect someone to at least know the difference between a traditional and progressive education. Why they picked the school besides it is the easiest of the TT schools to be admitted to.

Anonymous wrote:For many, it is about buying the prestige of going to a TT school.

To this point specifically, is there anyone sending their kids to elementary or preschool for 65+k/yr who is not "buying the prestige of going to a TT school"? I have no illusions that it's about merit and how this 4 year old's block-arranging prowess is a sure indicator of a future academic superstar.

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Anonymous wrote:Also HM is probably the second most un-woke TT after Trinity, so if you're deeming them beyond the pale because of a talk about equity versus equality, you should probably give up on the whole project and find some Republican boarding school to send your kid to.

(or just send them to public school where they don't spend so much time hand-wringing about equity because they have an actually diverse student body)

Can you name a Republican (or even moderate) boarding school? I’d love to send my children there. They’re all woke and spout the same equity curriculum

Deerfield is, was, always will be the slytherin of the founders league.

This is outdated. What the previous head, Margarita, did to instill and enforce progressive ideology on the school remains in force and little of the old Deerfield remains. It is like most of its other top boarding school peers with little to differentiate it.

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Anonymous wrote:Also HM is probably the second most un-woke TT after Trinity, so if you're deeming them beyond the pale because of a talk about equity versus equality, you should probably give up on the whole project and find some Republican boarding school to send your kid to.

(or just send them to public school where they don't spend so much time hand-wringing about equity because they have an actually diverse student body)

Can you name a Republican (or even moderate) boarding school? I’d love to send my children there. They’re all woke and spout the same equity curriculum

Deerfield is, was, always will be the slytherin of the founders league.

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Anonymous wrote:It was a number of reasons. Academics just weren’t impressive enough to make me put up with social striving. I only applied to co-ed schools because I had hoped to send my kids to school together, so I actually don’t know anything about Brearley. They are now at separate k8. It was just how it worked out.

Would be more productive if you mentioned the great K-8 school that everyone can send their child to. I personally don’t like HM, but finding a good private school seems difficult.

Why don’t you like HM?

Doesn't seem like many who attended want to send their child. HM seems to accept the most amount of nouveau riche families. For many, it is about buying the prestige of going to a TT school. The dynamic looks very competitive from the start in the lower level rather than a sweet experience.

I don’t want to out my kids so I am going to keep the name of their schools quiet. There are K8 on east and west sides that are nice schools. None are magic, but the kids and parents are nice, the academics are solid enough. The boys schools K8 are particularly well-loved by the people who send their kids there.

Anonymous wrote:I actually can’t tell if the people saying things like “low brow Catholic” are parody are not. Liberal arts is small l liberal not the Democrats. It means being okay with people you don’t agree with.

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Anonymous wrote:Also HM is probably the second most un-woke TT after Trinity, so if you're deeming them beyond the pale because of a talk about equity versus equality, you should probably give up on the whole project and find some Republican boarding school to send your kid to.

(or just send them to public school where they don't spend so much time hand-wringing about equity because they have an actually diverse student body)

Can you name a Republican (or even moderate) boarding school? I’d love to send my children there. They’re all woke and spout the same equity curriculum

None... because EDUCATION IS A LIBERAL ENTERPRISE, nitwit. Stay where you are. No one wants your narrow-minded child in their schools. Go to some low-brow Catholic school where you belong.

It’s not parody. He or she genuinely doesn’t understand how St. David, Regis, or Notre Dame can be considered intellectual or rigorous.

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Anonymous wrote:It was a number of reasons. Academics just weren’t impressive enough to make me put up with social striving. I only applied to co-ed schools because I had hoped to send my kids to school together, so I actually don’t know anything about Brearley. They are now at separate k8. It was just how it worked out.

Would be more productive if you mentioned the great K-8 school that everyone can send their child to. I personally don’t like HM, but finding a good private school seems difficult.

Why don’t you like HM?

Anonymous wrote:It was a number of reasons. Academics just weren’t impressive enough to make me put up with social striving. I only applied to co-ed schools because I had hoped to send my kids to school together, so I actually don’t know anything about Brearley. They are now at separate k8. It was just how it worked out.

Would be more productive if you mentioned the great K-8 school that everyone can send their child to. I personally don’t like HM, but finding a good private school seems difficult.

It was a number of reasons. Academics just weren’t impressive enough to make me put up with social striving. I only applied to co-ed schools because I had hoped to send my kids to school together, so I actually don’t know anything about Brearley. They are now at separate k8. It was just how it worked out.