<p>but everyone should be jealous. It’s not something a typical joe does.</p>
<p>it prepares me more, and BS looks good.</p>
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<p>Actually, she’s somewhat correct on this matter. If you take the most challenging classes at your current school and do everything at the same level you’d do at BS, just without the easier oppurtunities you have just as good of a shot. </p>
<p>:(</p>
<p>When the most challenging class in your school is pre algebra there is a problem, however… :)</p>
<p>^ Middle or high school? </p>
<p>Middle school, that isn’t too bad. It’s not amazing by any means, but of course there are online classes. If you exhaust those options and just do the best, it doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>yes, but, especially in MY area, the options offered are most definitely NOT as challenging or in-depth as those offered at BS.So w/out BS, I will be moving a lot during high school and won’t have access to the best programs, nothing even comparable to BS.</p>
<p>and wow, PPV, my old school was a public magnet in NOLA, and the MINIMUM in 8th was algebra 1, and some kids were in Geometry or Algebra 2.</p>
<p>I was kidding about pre alg. Must be a sucky ass school to be stuck in that! My school actually has a decent math department, UP TO NOW. Next year, Idk…</p>
<p>I’m a grade ahead in my current school (well i skipped to 9th and im doing what they consider 10th math here). Academics SUCK. I just hate it. The LA class is okay, though, and my Social teacher is an AWESOME lady.</p>
<p>Our academics are horrific here also. I get higher grades in the honors courses than I do in the non-honors required classes. </p>
<p>The music program is a joke. </p>
<p>the only sports team that can do anything is football, but now that we lost all of the good seniors we also suck at that. </p>
<p>My school is over all a failure.</p>
<p>yeah. the music program at this school sucks compared to my old school. </p>
<p>haha yeah, me too! LA (I’m in honors) is my highest grade, while my lowest is non-honors Social! idk why, though. The material itself isn’t hard.</p>
<p>Honors here is open enrollment. Teachers aren’t allowed to require a student to transfer out of their class either. My honors class has more students than my non honors courses.</p>
<p>wow. you have to have like 70% or higher average to stay in honors at my school.</p>
<p>Not to be racist, but this year we have so many more Hispanics in the program. it’s insane. Normally I wouldn’t care, but these are the type of students after going over a certain topic for three monthes in bio one of them bursts out with “WHAT’S A EUKARYOTE!?”</p>
<p>Our D wants to go to BS. We have checked into them and were impressed with the quality of schools that are out there. However, we have one issue that we would like you to comment on. We are conservative Christians. We are not necessarily looking for conservative secular schools, although I guess that would be nice. What we are looking for is a balanced approach to education in social and political areas. We do not want liberal biases pushed without us being able to discuss both sides around the dinner table at night. </p>
<p>Do you know how I could get a straight answer to this question - or where I might find schools that meet our criteria?</p>
<p>Our D wants to go to BS. We have checked into them and were impressed with the quality of schools that are out there. However, we have one issue that we would like you to comment on. We are conservative Christians. We are not necessarily looking for conservative secular schools, although I guess that would be nice. What we are looking for is a balanced approach to education in social and political areas. We do not want liberal biases pushed without us being able to discuss both sides around the dinner table at night. </p>
<p>Do you know how I could get a straight answer to this question - or where I might find schools that meet our criteria?</p>
<p>PolySci22: You might look at Stonybrook School in Long Island. I have heard the headmaster speak and he is impressive. It is a nice campus in a beautiful area. It also has a wonderful sailing program.</p>
<p>PolySci22 - I had/have the same concerns. I was advised that St. Paul’s is very good for conservative Christians but it is a very hard school to get in. My daughter was not accepted there. She is at Exeter now, manages to get to church every Sunday, and is involved in the Christian fellowship club - however, she is required to take two terms of “religion” and all the courses manage in one way or another to bash Christianity. She is also faced every day with temptation and so-called challenges that are supposed to help her decide for herself if her parents religion is what she wants to follow. It’s very difficult and I wonder almost every day if we made the right decision in letting her go. I’m not sure if I will ever know the answer to that. We pray a lot, we ask others to pray, and she knows that we will bring her home mid-term if we feel we need to.</p>
<p>Thanks for the many suggestions. Let me be a little more specific. The schools we are looking at are</p>
<p>Darlington - Georgia
Rabun Gap - Georgia
Baylor School - Tennessee
Culver Academy - Indiana
Bolles - Florida (possibly)</p>
<p>Any thoughts on these?</p>
<p>You should start a new thread, asking about conservative schools. Your question is a bit buried in this thread. You’ll get more attention if you start a new thread.</p>
<p>McCallie School in Chattanooga, TN historically required chapel every school day, church attendance on Sunday and, for boarders, vespers each Sunday evening. Please note: it is all-boys.</p>