Anonymous
Post 10/13/2023 11:05     Subject: Is Walter Johnson the Cornell of the “W schools?”

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Hard to hate on wj. They're amazing academically, in many sports and clubs and the "extras" that they do (college prep seminars, etc) are fabulous


All that and they're the 2nd largest school in the state of MD!

*overcrowded
Anonymous
Post 10/11/2023 13:51     Subject: Is Walter Johnson the Cornell of the “W schools?”

Anonymous wrote:Hard to hate on wj. They're amazing academically, in many sports and clubs and the "extras" that they do (college prep seminars, etc) are fabulous


All that and they're the 2nd largest school in the state of MD!
Anonymous
Post 10/11/2023 13:29     Subject: Is Walter Johnson the Cornell of the “W schools?”

"Those grapes are probably sour, anyway"
- O.P.
Anonymous
Post 10/11/2023 13:28     Subject: Is Walter Johnson the Cornell of the “W schools?”

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP, trust me when I tell you, whatever weird competition you're having in your head-- you've already lost.



OP trying to justify their local high school in their mind.

All that's missing is the old,

"We could afford to buy a house in Bethesda, North Bethesda, Parkwood, or Garrett Park, etc. but for all these other reasons, we decided to buy in our neighborhood instead."


Or worse, "we decided to stay in an over blown neighborhood that isn't a W and sent our kid to a crappy yokel private"
Anonymous
Post 10/11/2023 13:26     Subject: Is Walter Johnson the Cornell of the “W schools?”

Hard to hate on wj. They're amazing academically, in many sports and clubs and the "extras" that they do (college prep seminars, etc) are fabulous
Anonymous
Post 10/11/2023 13:25     Subject: Is Walter Johnson the Cornell of the “W schools?”

Anonymous wrote:OP, trust me when I tell you, whatever weird competition you're having in your head-- you've already lost.



OP trying to justify their local high school in their mind.

All that's missing is the old,

"We could afford to buy a house in Bethesda, North Bethesda, Parkwood, or Garrett Park, etc. but for all these other reasons, we decided to buy in our neighborhood instead."
Anonymous
Post 10/11/2023 13:22     Subject: Is Walter Johnson the Cornell of the “W schools?”

WJ LIVING RENT FREE IN YOUR BRAIN (if you have one) OP!
Anonymous
Post 10/11/2023 07:06     Subject: Is Walter Johnson the Cornell of the “W schools?”

Don’t insult WJ. Everyone knows it is the UVA of the W schools.
Anonymous
Post 10/11/2023 06:48     Subject: Re:Is Walter Johnson the Cornell of the “W schools?”

I’ve herd it called a “fake W school “ right here on DCUM in many other threads…
Anonymous
Post 10/10/2023 22:57     Subject: Is Walter Johnson the Cornell of the “W schools?”

Yes it is
Anonymous
Post 10/10/2023 13:04     Subject: Is Walter Johnson the Cornell of the “W schools?”

By the same logic, lesser privates are the strippers who don't shave their lesser privates
Anonymous
Post 10/10/2023 09:48     Subject: Is Walter Johnson the Cornell of the “W schools?”

Anonymous wrote:Best analogy is that WJ is like the dancer at the strip club with arm pit hair. From the distance she looks as fine as the rest of the dancers, but when you get close you see that she just doesn't handle the basics as well as the rest.


WJ is the beta fish of milking cows.
Anonymous
Post 10/09/2023 09:38     Subject: Is Walter Johnson the Cornell of the “W schools?”

Anonymous wrote:Best analogy is that WJ is like the dancer at the strip club with arm pit hair. From the distance she looks as fine as the rest of the dancers, but when you get close you see that she just doesn't handle the basics as well as the rest.


This seems like a perfect example of how many W parents think.
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2023 11:59     Subject: Is Walter Johnson the Cornell of the “W schools?”

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Best analogy is that WJ is like the dancer at the strip club with arm pit hair. From the distance she looks as fine as the rest of the dancers, but when you get close you see that she just doesn't handle the basics as well as the rest.


Omg. ROFL


Are there really strippers that don’t shave their arm pits at WJ?
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2023 22:09     Subject: Is Walter Johnson the Cornell of the “W schools?”

Anonymous wrote:Best analogy is that WJ is like the dancer at the strip club with arm pit hair. From the distance she looks as fine as the rest of the dancers, but when you get close you see that she just doesn't handle the basics as well as the rest.


Omg. ROFL