If HADES is the BS equivalent of HYP+MS...

tigerdad
Tue, 15 May 2012 19:59:52 +0000

I was not saying there tight division along socioeconomic lines. These children do clearly associate with each other freely. That’s not the issue. My daughter has told me that it is not a tremendous issue for her or her friends. She did state that she felt it was “natural” for the most priviliged students to be closer to each other, as they lived very different lives than others, with such different home lifestyles that they were more comfortable with others of the same background. Again, she was not saying that there was a “barrier” of some sort, only that she understood the preferred associations of some students.

I don’t know much about the social interactions at most BS but Khan did write about his fairly recent experiences as an instructor at St. Paul’s. He indicated that there was one dorm in which children of older legacy families’ lived.

I’m sorry if I’ve started a tangent discussion to the initial thread which has made some uncomfortable (myself a bit as well, if I’m to be honest). My only point really was that while I have found teachers to be nearly always caring and attentive, I and others have not had the same experience when it comes to the administrations. It is never a problem when everything is going well. It only rears its head when there is a bump, or when there is necessary competition among the students (such as admissions, or college advising).