Anonymous
Post 11/01/2013 09:37     Subject: Best schools to escape the drug and alcohol culture
Stereotypes are really the only way we have to talk about culture. And culture is real. If you don't think that culture has a fundamental impact on a person's behavior, you must not have traveled internationally much. Or, if you did, you must have hung out in starbucks. People are genetically very similar, but our behaviors are very, very different (in good and bad ways). Stereotypes often usefully sum up these cultural differences.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2013 09:14     Subject: Best schools to escape the drug and alcohol culture
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Anonymous wrote:Public school in a non-elite area. Or maybe Catholic school.


Are you kidding? There is more drinking among the Catholics than anywhere else.


I was going to say the same thing! There is plenty of drinking and drugs at Catholic schools. At least as much as non-Catholic schools.

I agree that all-girls schools tend to have less of a drug and alcohol culture than co-ed.


Drinking? Yes (most of those Catholics are Irish) Drugs? Not so much.


the comments about Irish drinking and Catholic drinking -- I can't believe people still think this way. let alone TALK this way. that type of comment was pretty typical long ago -- but are we still trafficking in ethnic and religious stereotypes? can't wait to hear your gross generalizations about other ethnic and religious groups -- how about Jews? Italians? Polish? or is it only okay to make fun of some religions and not others? some ethnic groups and not others?

i'm not suggesting that there's less drinking at Catholic schools than at other schools. but it's pretty outrageous to say, "well, we all know how Catholics are." or "well, we all know that the Irish all drink." wow. in 2013?


I guess the Irish are wrong about the Irish too:

http://www.opendemocracy.net/ecology-foodwithoutfrontiers/article_1660.jsp

http://irishamerica.com/2012/01/breaking-the-code-of-silence-the-irish-and-drink/

Anonymous
Post 11/01/2013 08:53     Subject: Best schools to escape the drug and alcohol culture
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Anonymous wrote:For parents of girls, the safest choice by far is an all girl’s school. Yes, the girls will be subject to the DMV drug and alcohol culture on weekends, but school will be a safe haven.


Agreed, they are too busy with their eating disorders.


You are stupid and immature. Have a great day!


Couldn't have said it better myself!


...and, too busy abusing stimulants like Adderal and Ritalin to keep their weight down and maintain focus for long hours of study and homework.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2013 08:35     Subject: Best schools to escape the drug and alcohol culture
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:For parents of girls, the safest choice by far is an all girl’s school. Yes, the girls will be subject to the DMV drug and alcohol culture on weekends, but school will be a safe haven.


Agreed, they are too busy with their eating disorders.


You are stupid and immature. Have a great day!


Couldn't have said it better myself!
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2013 08:24     Subject: Best schools to escape the drug and alcohol culture
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Public school in a non-elite area. Or maybe Catholic school.


Are you kidding? There is more drinking among the Catholics than anywhere else.


I was going to say the same thing! There is plenty of drinking and drugs at Catholic schools. At least as much as non-Catholic schools.

I agree that all-girls schools tend to have less of a drug and alcohol culture than co-ed.


Drinking? Yes (most of those Catholics are Irish) Drugs? Not so much.


the comments about Irish drinking and Catholic drinking -- I can't believe people still think this way. let alone TALK this way. that type of comment was pretty typical long ago -- but are we still trafficking in ethnic and religious stereotypes? can't wait to hear your gross generalizations about other ethnic and religious groups -- how about Jews? Italians? Polish? or is it only okay to make fun of some religions and not others? some ethnic groups and not others?

i'm not suggesting that there's less drinking at Catholic schools than at other schools. but it's pretty outrageous to say, "well, we all know how Catholics are." or "well, we all know that the Irish all drink." wow. in 2013?


As a Catholic with tons of "Irish Mafia" friends (they call themselves that, so I think it's fair if I repeat it), I will say that there seems to be more drinking in this group than in others. And they will all tell you that (proudly). And frankly, there seems to be a pretty strong drug culture too among the grads I know from GP, Gonzaga, St. John's. I wouldn't say that it's any worse than with other non-Catholic schools, but it's definitely not any better.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2013 06:55     Subject: Best schools to escape the drug and alcohol culture
Anonymous wrote:I don't know about the old days, but the St. Albans kids are considered nerds now.


I don't know if they are nerds or not but they have a strong drinking culture. Seen it with my own eyes.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2013 05:44     Subject: Best schools to escape the drug and alcohol culture
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:For parents of girls, the safest choice by far is an all girl’s school. Yes, the girls will be subject to the DMV drug and alcohol culture on weekends, but school will be a safe haven.


Agreed, they are too busy with their eating disorders.


You are stupid and immature. Have a great day!
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2013 05:15     Subject: Best schools to escape the drug and alcohol culture
Anonymous wrote:For parents of girls, the safest choice by far is an all girl’s school. Yes, the girls will be subject to the DMV drug and alcohol culture on weekends, but school will be a safe haven.


Agreed, they are too busy with their eating disorders.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 21:32     Subject: Best schools to escape the drug and alcohol culture
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Public school in a non-elite area. Or maybe Catholic school.


Are you kidding? There is more drinking among the Catholics than anywhere else.


I was going to say the same thing! There is plenty of drinking and drugs at Catholic schools. At least as much as non-Catholic schools.

I agree that all-girls schools tend to have less of a drug and alcohol culture than co-ed.


Drinking? Yes (most of those Catholics are Irish) Drugs? Not so much.


the comments about Irish drinking and Catholic drinking -- I can't believe people still think this way. let alone TALK this way. that type of comment was pretty typical long ago -- but are we still trafficking in ethnic and religious stereotypes? can't wait to hear your gross generalizations about other ethnic and religious groups -- how about Jews? Italians? Polish? or is it only okay to make fun of some religions and not others? some ethnic groups and not others?

i'm not suggesting that there's less drinking at Catholic schools than at other schools. but it's pretty outrageous to say, "well, we all know how Catholics are." or "well, we all know that the Irish all drink." wow. in 2013?
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 21:01     Subject: Best schools to escape the drug and alcohol culture
Anonymous wrote:Oh, and you might want to keep this anecdote in mind folks... My parents were at Standord in grad school in the 60s. They had really good friends at Stanford who worked in the labs. Total nerds, all of them. Not an athlete in the bunch. These guys regularly had LSD parties supplied by the products they concocted in the lab at school. Mind you, this was long before anyone in the general population knew what LSD was or before even these kids knew what it could do. My mother still shudders at how close she came to giving it a try. Thank God one of the straight (and smartest) nerds was my dad's best friend.


Or maybe not. http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/542554-taking-lsd-was-a-profound-experience-one-of-the-most

Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 18:56     Subject: Best schools to escape the drug and alcohol culture
Oh, and you might want to keep this anecdote in mind folks... My parents were at Standord in grad school in the 60s. They had really good friends at Stanford who worked in the labs. Total nerds, all of them. Not an athlete in the bunch. These guys regularly had LSD parties supplied by the products they concocted in the lab at school. Mind you, this was long before anyone in the general population knew what LSD was or before even these kids knew what it could do. My mother still shudders at how close she came to giving it a try. Thank God one of the straight (and smartest) nerds was my dad's best friend.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 18:47     Subject: Re:Best schools to escape the drug and alcohol culture
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There is no way STA boys would have a party like that shown in the Gansler photos.


I also graduated from NCS in the early '90s (waves to other poster) and went to a ton of parties with STA boys, including those at Beach Week, that looked just like the Gansler photo. They didn't have parents in them, though.


There was virtually no STA beach week activity last June. Times have changed. STA boys font have time for "beach week. "


There was a time when STA boys would interact with the boys from the more "wild schools" (Landon, Prep, Gonzaga). But you won't find many STA boys on the elite LAX club teams and there is less chance for these kids to connect, so hings have settled down among SAT boys, which is a good thing.


Interesting. I have a feeling that pendulum might be swinging back around. Some pretty strong athletes, especially lax players in the younger grades. These things do tend to be cyclical. Plus, a kid can actually be a nerd and an athlete at the same time. STA is the perfect place for such kids.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 18:04     Subject: Best schools to escape the drug and alcohol culture
Anonymous wrote:I don't know about the old days, but the St. Albans kids are considered nerds now.



So thrilled to have a nerd for a son.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 17:55     Subject: Best schools to escape the drug and alcohol culture
I don't know about the old days, but the St. Albans kids are considered nerds now.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 09:36     Subject: Re:Best schools to escape the drug and alcohol culture
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
There is no way STA boys would have a party like that shown in the Gansler photos.


I also graduated from NCS in the early '90s (waves to other poster) and went to a ton of parties with STA boys, including those at Beach Week, that looked just like the Gansler photo. They didn't have parents in them, though.


There was virtually no STA beach week activity last June. Times have changed. STA boys font have time for "beach week. "


There was a time when STA boys would interact with the boys from the more "wild schools" (Landon, Prep, Gonzaga). But you won't find many STA boys on the elite LAX club teams and there is less chance for these kids to connect, so hings have settled down among SAT boys, which is a good thing.