Is this a new trend?

tigerdad
Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:39:23 +0000

Actually, he wanted to go to Culver Academy and was accepted there. The distance there was an issue for me as we live in northern New England. Also, it is “military style” in that they wear uniforms and have an explicit hierarchical structure to the student body. However, all things considered, they appeared (at least to me) to be academically rigorous with significant resources for students. The faculty appears to be highly invested in the students and one of the head administrators is from SPS, some aspects of which I suspect he attempts to transfer to Culver.

If my son had not gotten into Culver, and wanted to go there, I believe he would have applied again. The w/l that he received were difficult for him to accept, as he grew enamored of his sister’s school. But in the end, and prior to the w/l result, he started to have cold feet about the HADES shcool, given the enormous amount of work/sleep deprivation, etc. that he knew his sister coped with.