Question about Andover

Prep School Admissions
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<p>I've read about there being some tension between administration and students, and according to the State of the Academy 2007 results ( <a href="http://64.23.58.100/state-academy/2007.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://64.23.58.100/state-academy/2007.php&lt;/a> ), about 52% of polled students thought the relationship between students and the admin is poor and 75% sense a rift between students and admin. Would anyone be able to elaborate on this? I've never noticed such a thing and am interested in learning more about it.</p>

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<p>I think that this has been a pretty tough year as far as administration-student relations go. There have been several controversial decisions made that some students feel we did not have a voice in the process. I personally don't feel that it's a huge problem and it doesn't affect my daily life. To me it's more of a communication issue than anything. I'm sure the other Andover students on this board will have different input on this topic, but I don't think that it's an issue that you need to worry a lot about.</p>

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<p>I pretty much agree with what sugerkim has to say. In general, some students are disgruntled because they feel as if the administration members are making decisions without consulting students/teachers. There is a sense that the deans/head of school are making changes that they don't have to live out - ones that effect the students and teachers, but not themselves. Students and teaches have more of a problem with their lack of representation or voice rather than the decisions themselves.</p>

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<p><a href="http://users.aol.com/paandover/seven/security.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://users.aol.com/paandover/seven/security.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>"Saturday classes can sometimes become 'a situation'"</p>

<p>HAHHAHAHA</p>

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<p>lol who made that website?</p>

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<p>No one really knows who made it - It's a pretty funny site.</p>

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<p>"I use to be afraid, but than they talked with me and now I wonder why I ever cared about those pesky rights. Excuse me but my I have to get back my 20 hour a day work duty making nike shoes."
-Student</p>

<p>hhahahah</p>

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<p>hahah thats a funny site.</p>

<p>but seriously, what really struck me about the survey was the number of students doing drugs and having sex on campus!!</p>

<p>is it normal? because i come from an asian country and doing drugs is completely unheard of. in fact anyone doing drugs gets the life sentence!!! </p>

<p>and sex in school is such a foreign concept here, partly because i uh... go to a girls school.</p>