<p>Frankly, I don’t think your tone makes much of a case for Amherst. Are you both really that gauche? Even for teenagers, that’s pretty immature.</p>
<p>To make people happy, why don’t we all agree that Amherst’s kids are supposed to be the dumbest in the country?</p>
<p>I’m sure they’re not ALL dumb.</p>
<p>They have to be.</p>
<p>“I certainly hope my Swarthmore student displays a little more class when he graduates from college.”</p>
<p>This sounds pretty darn condescending to me…</p>
<p>If you can be a jerk toward my colleague–even though he made rather gross and inappropriate generalizations–why are you giving me a hard time for reacting similarly to you?</p>
<p>My tone has absolutely nothing to do with the quality of my institution, and I do not claim to represent it.</p>