<p><a href="http://www.phillip">www.phillip</a> ian.net/articles/2014/01/30/price-andover-education-three-students-difficult-transitions-andover</p>
<p>Interesting read. Keep in mind that this is written by a student writer who attempted to tackle a serious topic - the challenges students from lower SEC face on campus despite the generous gifts and incredible opportunities they are offered.</p>
<p>oops</p>
<p>@Benley- The link doesn’t work! :)</p>
<p>I know. Don’t ask me why… The workaround is to copy the address into the browser and remove the space between “Phillip” and “ian”. </p>
<p>Hold on…</p>
<p>I can’t get it to work. I tried! Sorry!!</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.phillipian.net/articles/2014/01/30/price-andover-education-three-students-difficult-transitions-andover”>http://www.phillipian.net/articles/2014/01/30/price-andover-education-three-students-difficult-transitions-andover</a></p>
<p>sorry, don’t know why the “phillipian” disappeared after I posted. </p>
<p>This is getting comical. 
I hope the moderator will fix it. Last workaround: go to the andover school newspaper home page. It’s the first story.</p>
<p>To be honest, the article scares me a little, although it’s not the first I’ve heard on this topic. Thoughts?</p>
<p>Select (or highlight) the URL, do a right click, and select the option for “Search Google for…” The top result should be the link to the newspaper article.</p>
<p>Strange - I tried too…It works in preview mode, but then gets zapped.</p>
<p>It worked for me! All I had to do was delete the extra space!</p>
<p>Stargirl3’s workaround worked for me…</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.phillipian.net/articles/2014/01/30/price-andover-education-three-students-difficult-transitions-andover”>http://www.phillipian.net/articles/2014/01/30/price-andover-education-three-students-difficult-transitions-andover</a></p>
<p>CC blocks out the word Phillipian–Andover’s student newspaper, that is. The links without the space won’t work because the forum changes the P word to a bunch of stars. Use the original link, but delete the space.</p>
<p>It’s not just the full FA kids who are in culture shock when they enroll in these schools.</p>
<p>I agree that it’s not just the full FA kids who experience culture shock upon entering a school like PA. I enjoyed the article, but found myself wishing it hadn’t focused solely on that group. I can tell you from experience that enrolling in one of the nation’s “top ten” universities was a tremendous culture shock for this working class public high school graduate. And I got no financial aid, because my unsuspecting, uneducated parents knew nothing about the FA process, and scratched and saved every penny so they could send they could afford higher education for their kids. And, despite full pay status, I identified with everything those full FA kids described - class differences in accent, lingo, clothing, social behavior, academic preparedness, reluctance to participate in class, etc.</p>
<p>^^Good point. Indeed, at Andover at least it’s the culture shock more than financial difficulties that’s more of a challenge to kids from lower income families. The full FA kids are just a sample of those who experience the similar kind of culture shock in the Andover community. There are 130+ of them and their experience is likely to be a more extreme version of all those from lower SEC’s… A phenomenon I have observed over the years is that some parents reject the idea of sending their kids to private schools citing that it would be hard for them to be among the wealthy. It is a valid concern but IMO for a great education, it’s a pain that’s worth taking, Besides, in a caring and reflective community like Andover, that experience may help the kids grow stronger, more open-minded and definitely more ready for similar environment in college and beyond.</p>
<p>Benley, this is a good topic, one that has also been discussed recently in the Harvard Crimson. As culturally diverse students (every kind of diversity - racial, socioeconomic, political and sexual orientation) are increasingly populating private secondary and university education, the experience may be more difficult for some. </p>