So true and having your kid go to a “private school” is the ultimate status symbol in DC...
We did it for the education and values and religious aspect.
The IT route is an interesting way to go for kids these days...
Number One and Only Son majored in history with a govt minor, ran a rather high profile campaign with no experience upon graduating (the guy is now running for VA LtGov), got screwed by said candidate after he won and is now working in....IT!....loving it and doing very well.
Who knew? Cheers...
we didn’t do it for status, but because we wanted our values reinforced at school, not challenged. Though it’s not like Catholic schools are immune from liberal teachers, but because we talk the talk and walk the walk at home, our kids know conservative from liberal and could never be swayed by a liberal teacher. He’s certainly contending with them at Syracuse. now my oldest daughter graduated from Visitation, was actually in the same class as Caroline Matthews, and she couldn’t stand the liberal bent there and so she chose the U of Dallas for college, which is a small, authentically Catholic university in Texas which teaches to the Magisterium. She loved going somewhere that shared her very conservative ideology. My younger daughter is LD and so is at a private, non-religious HS that caters to LD. She is totally into working on political campaigns though and is currently working for Cuccinelli [Gonzaga grad btw ; )]