California Boarding School Culture/Honor Code/Motto

CateCAParent
Wed, 24 Jul 2019 16:18:02 +0000

I’ll take that as a no then.

Look, I have zero desire to throw shade at Thacher, or belabor the issue. No one disputes Thacher is a great school, or that your son has benefited greatly from it. Your, and @CalMex’s, responses seem strangely defensive to me.

I wouldn’t even think about Thacher’s reputation, bother to research Thacher’s website, or read recent reviews by current students on various other websites (which should always be taken with a grain of salt as everyone here should know), but for recent excessive pro-Thacher posts here. I watched the slick marketing video CaliMex blasted on 4(!) threads simultaneously. I don’t think Thacher needs to do that kind of thing. Nor does it need to tamp down on the Singer thing. There are better ways.

No school is perfect. Yet it comes across as Thacher trying too hard to convince people it is. While I have read fancy mailings and websites from many schools, my observation is that Thacher takes marketing to another level. Pride is one thing, but that is not how it comes across to me. It comes across as aggressive and calculated. I would think Thacher would want that feedback. My status as a Cate parent is relevant only in so far as I am presumably a target audience as a bs parent generally. I have one kid in bs, who Thacher wasn’t a fit for, and have no vested interest in Thacher’s admissions numbers. So honestly, I don’t care if Thacher hears me or not.

If saying any of that out loud counts as shade, then I will own being a tree.