Kids being kids?

SevenDad
Sun, 16 Sep 2012 14:24:00 +0000

@baystateresident: I too was struck by the freedom of expression/coverage granted to the students in the Phillipian, as well as the quality of the writing. And yes, of course, I do know that no school is immune to this sort of thing…even our beloved SAS. I hope that noone is interpreting my starting of this thread as some sort of indictment of Andover to the exclusion of any other BS.

I guess one thing that prompted me to start this thread (as I noted to another parent via PM) is that Andover is one of the most sought after admissions on this forum (if you can judge by the number of students who requested to be “chanced”). I was trying to point out to the many prospective students and their parents that even at these “dream” schools, things are not all unicorns and rainbows.

Additionally, Andover, by all reports (as well as its own press), prides itself on building a community of “nice” kids…so the irony of this op-ed (which again, I misinterpreted as being a Fall 2012 piece) struck me.