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[Penny Townsend @pennytownsend1]

@tara_kinsey @PeddieSchool @ColumbiaUniver @RiverdaleCS Love this!

[jgulla @jgulla]

parents want for them what most parents want for their children. So I wonder, did the author not have autonomy or agency in the choice of her high school or university? Aren't private high schools (& private universities like Stanford) essentially covenantal communities
4/5

[jgulla @jgulla]

frustrations I have w/ such articles. Adichie called it "the danger of a single story". Independent schools are, to me, & I have worked in or around them for over 40 years having visited > 500, filled with deeply committed teachers, with children of incredible promise whose
3/5

[jgulla @jgulla]

Both are also among the more effective means of socioeconomic mobility to be found today. The author fails to comment on those enrolled in independent schools (or high ed) who received need-based financial aid in order to do so. And this is one of the common frustrations
2/5

[jgulla @jgulla]

So much of the guest essay by @sophiecallcott in the NYTimes begs comment. Are US independent schools bastions of privilege? Yes, as are the colleges and universities the author seems to feel should somehow be more "meritocratic". But that is not all that either are.
1/5

[jgulla @jgulla]

operating within the laws of the country, state and city? The danger of ascribing to them this single story is to miss much of what happens in these independent schools and colleges.
5/5
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