Anonymous
Post 01/17/2014 20:45     Subject: Landon lower school
We'll heavens to Betsy, the OP was just asking about her rising 3rd grader! Does every single Landon thread have to end up here!?!? It's ridiculous. Let. It. Go.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2014 20:39     Subject: Re:Landon lower school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Too many people in this area care too much where they went to high school . No one cares !!


Your post is internally inconsistent.

In DC its more important where you went to high school tham where yo went to college. Sorry you don't like that or wish it weren't so.


Only for losers.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2014 20:11     Subject: Re:Landon lower school
Anonymous wrote:Too many people in this area care too much where they went to high school . No one cares !!


Your post is internally inconsistent.

In DC its more important where you went to high school tham where yo went to college. Sorry you don't like that or wish it weren't so.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2014 19:03     Subject: Re:Landon lower school
Too many people in this area care too much where they went to high school . No one cares !!
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2014 18:41     Subject: Re:Landon lower school
I wish that everyone could just accept that Landon has a terrible reputation around here.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2014 18:35     Subject: Re:Landon lower school
Anonymous wrote:I have to say that having grown up here in DC, Landon has never had a strong reputation. It was always a school where wealthy families could send their sons, who would otherwise not have a chance at any of the better top tier DC schools (i.e. STA and Sidwell.) I believe it's an easy school to get into, and I think many families are happy there. [/quotI

I posted this-- and to clarify, Landon is not, and never was, in the top tier of DC area private schools.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2014 17:39     Subject: Landon lower school
Then don't, but as long as you don't your future students will never break free from the past. Forget I ever mentioned it; you're fine.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2014 16:39     Subject: Landon lower school
Well .. er .. technically none of the wrongs occurred at campus, but a young man who spent four years on Landon's campus did murder a girl four years after graduating and a Landon grad was part of a group that hired strippers four years after graduating from high school.


Both true, and the case of Yardley Love was tragic. But how does that relate to the Board and administration "repenting and seeking atonement for their wrongs"?

Anonymous
Post 01/17/2014 16:30     Subject: Landon lower school
Anonymous wrote:
Has the administration or the board at Landon ever sought redemption or atonement for the wrongs they have committed?


Could you, perhaps, elucidate on their wrongs?


Well .. er .. technically none of the wrongs occurred at campus, but a young man who spent four years on Landon's campus did murder a girl four years after graduating and a Landon grad was part of a group that hired strippers four years after graduating from high school.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2014 16:28     Subject: Re:Landon lower school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You do. know there were 2 Georgetown Prep kids on the roster and 1 Bullis kids on the roster during the Duke lacrosse episode. I guess Landon gets the bad rep because they happened to have 4 boys on the roster that year. The captain of the team that year was a Prep alum. Not sure why Landon gets any type of rep for the Duke scandal just because they had 4 kids on the team - more than any other high school at the time.

In your mind, I guess all of the Landon kids on the Princeton lacrosse roster are complete dopes and live the frat culture.

o


The accusations against the Duke lacrosse players were a total fabrication. She, the accuser, selected the targets randomly from pictures she was shown by the now disgraced prosecutor.

These young men were falsely accused and were shown to be completely innocent.

The crime of these Landon boys and the others --- in the mind of the critics --- is they attended a rowdy college party.

I'm not a big Landon fan, but attempting to to tar Landon with this brush says more about the person doing it than it does Landon.


Don't disrupt the narrative with facts. To the rest of the world the Duke Lacrosse incident was a teaching moment regarding "rush to judgment" "innocent until proven guilty" and "political correctness." To the strange subculture of Landon Bashers, it was a shocking revelation that groups of young men hire strippers on occasion. In this weird world, things that happen off-campus trump things that happen off campus. Don't feed these trolls, they don't understand Landon and never will. I'd be surprised if any person who was a good fit for Landon ever was swayed away from the school by something written by the Landon bashers on this site.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2014 16:21     Subject: Landon lower school
Anonymous wrote:The offenses committed by Landon's administration and board either actively or by omIssion are documented and undeniable. Landon's legacy is inescapable at present. However, a good place to start would be to behave like noble men and women and to attempt to correct past wrong-doings.

Has the administration or the board at Landon ever sought redemption or atonement for the wrongs they have committed? If they did so they might be forgiven and their future students would no longer have to carry the burden of the Landon "chip" of "Landon Against the World".

Generation after generation something strange happens at Landon. Nice kids go in and an unusual number of mean spirited kids come out. I believe the change occurs when those kids assume ownership of the Landon Legacy.

If the administration and board sought redemption and atonement, Landon could change its legacy and in doing so they could more effectively steer a more positive course in their future.


Do you realize how over the top you sound? These are the kinds of words people use when talking about the Catholic Church and pedophile priests.

I think you might need a little perspective, especially if you don't have a son who went there and was somehow harmed by what you see as the culture there.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2014 15:35     Subject: Landon lower school
Has the administration or the board at Landon ever sought redemption or atonement for the wrongs they have committed?


Could you, perhaps, elucidate on their wrongs?
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2014 15:32     Subject: Landon lower school
The offenses committed by Landon's administration and board either actively or by omIssion are documented and undeniable. Landon's legacy is inescapable at present. However, a good place to start would be to behave like noble men and women and to attempt to correct past wrong-doings.

Has the administration or the board at Landon ever sought redemption or atonement for the wrongs they have committed? If they did so they might be forgiven and their future students would no longer have to carry the burden of the Landon "chip" of "Landon Against the World".

Generation after generation something strange happens at Landon. Nice kids go in and an unusual number of mean spirited kids come out. I believe the change occurs when those kids assume ownership of the Landon Legacy.

If the administration and board sought redemption and atonement, Landon could change its legacy and in doing so they could more effectively steer a more positive course in their future.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2014 14:54     Subject: Landon lower school
Oh my goodness. This thread. There are douchy kids everywhere... Duke, Landon, UVA and even - OMG - STA. oh, also, there are douchebags in my office who did not attend any of these schools.

Seriously. Do the best you can to raise your kids so they are not assholes. But understand that they will most likely be exposed to assholes at some point. And that is probably something they will need to know how to handle.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2014 14:30     Subject: Landon lower school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
THEY HIRED STRIPPERS. I know its hard to believe but thats not the kind of behavior that is accepted by graduates of other schools in the area.


Yeah, when your son is in college, and his team has a rowdy party, your son is going to be the one who stands up and says, "Fella, gosh darn it, this is just inappropriate behavior for young men of our socio-economic status."

Let me know how that works out for him.


In the AA community, this is exactly what we expect of our sons because they will be the first accused and the first to go to jail or shot.


Amen. And if you can't expect your kids to have some moral courage, then your money bought you a lousy education. You can mock the good kid who would stand against something bad with your stupid choice of language, but it doesn't have to be that dorky. All the guy has to say (and these are ADULTS, mind you) is "Guys, this is stupid. We're going to get in major trouble if we get caught." If they can't handle being made fun of for that, then they are major whusses.