What should Daughter Say?

hmom5
Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:50:08 +0000

High schools have different cultures. At some, everybody’s scores, grades, and college plans are common knowledge, and all the kids talk about it. At others, nobody talks.



So true. Around here no one talks, but everyone endlessly speculates. Most of the schools don’t officially rank but everyone, including the colleges, basically knows who’s where. Being in NYC, we had the added layer of legacies, development and the powerful whose kids could knock the top students out of contention at top colleges.

I am so glad it’s over for us. Just smile, demure and tell them nothing.