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The Weird Obsession With Your Kids Going to Same High School As You
Posted on 10/20/20 at 4:52 pm
Posted on 10/20/20 at 4:52 pm
It's Open House season for the NOLA Catholic high schools, (virtual in many instances) and so people are talking about tuition, where kids will go to school, etc.
I went to a Catholic school in NOLA for high school.
A number of people I know did as well. So many of them with kids, today, say, "My kid will go to XYZ for HS". XYZ is where they went to high school.
Jesuit grads with boys in first grade, say, "my son will go to Jesuit".
Mt. Carmel grads with girls in second grade, say, "of course my daughter will go to Mt. Carmel".
It's weird AF. if you are going to pay for it, why not let the kid choose where they want to go? My parents let me choose. My kids will be going to public school, but if they were going to go to private school, and the costs were similar, I'd let them choose which one they want to go to.
It's just weird.
I went to a Catholic school in NOLA for high school.
A number of people I know did as well. So many of them with kids, today, say, "My kid will go to XYZ for HS". XYZ is where they went to high school.
Jesuit grads with boys in first grade, say, "my son will go to Jesuit".
Mt. Carmel grads with girls in second grade, say, "of course my daughter will go to Mt. Carmel".
It's weird AF. if you are going to pay for it, why not let the kid choose where they want to go? My parents let me choose. My kids will be going to public school, but if they were going to go to private school, and the costs were similar, I'd let them choose which one they want to go to.
It's just weird.
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Posted on 10/20/20 at 4:53 pm to LSUFanHouston
My kids will NEVER go to the same high school as me. frick that!
Posted on 10/20/20 at 4:54 pm to LSUFanHouston
Why is this weird?
If you went to a school and had a great experience, why is it weird to want your kids to go there?
If you went to a school and had a great experience, why is it weird to want your kids to go there?
Posted on 10/20/20 at 4:54 pm to LSUFanHouston
quote:why don’t you get a job?
My kids will be going to public school,
Posted on 10/20/20 at 4:55 pm to LSUFanHouston
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It's just weird.
This melt is weird
Posted on 10/20/20 at 4:56 pm to LSUFanHouston
Some baws never do any better than high school. So they want to make a tradition out of it. Let them baws do them and you do you.
Posted on 10/20/20 at 4:56 pm to LSUFanHouston
Not only do I not have any kids, but I wouldn't even send me to the same school as me
Posted on 10/20/20 at 4:56 pm to LSUFanHouston
In Louisiana, NOLA especially, where you went to HS is a big deal socially. If you want your kid in the right “club”, they have to be in the right school. That’s how you get them connections in town and the right mardi gras krewe and cotillions and what not. What private HS matters in NOLA. Some neighborhoods, businesses, fraternities, clubs, and krewes are primarily Jesuit, others are Brother Martin, etc. It matters.
I went to public school in Ascension, and people really do care which public hs you went to. That stuff continues to matter throughout your life, but not as much as the private hs stuff in NOLA. I wouldn’t mind my hypothetical kids going to the same hs as I did since they’d likely have a few of my and my brother’s friends as teachers, but then I’d have to move back to Sorrento. Yikes
I went to public school in Ascension, and people really do care which public hs you went to. That stuff continues to matter throughout your life, but not as much as the private hs stuff in NOLA. I wouldn’t mind my hypothetical kids going to the same hs as I did since they’d likely have a few of my and my brother’s friends as teachers, but then I’d have to move back to Sorrento. Yikes
This post was edited on 10/20/20 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 10/20/20 at 4:56 pm to LSUFanHouston
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I went to a Catholic school in NOLA for high school.
Rummel is in Metry bruh
Posted on 10/20/20 at 4:57 pm to SG_Geaux
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If you went to a school and had a great experience, why is it weird to want your kids to go there?
Because 20-30 years later, it's not the same experience?
I mean if that's where the kid chooses, great. But this "there will be no choice" is weird.
Posted on 10/20/20 at 4:57 pm to LSUFanHouston
I used to say my son would go to Jesuit until I moved to Dallas and realized Jesuit Dallas tuition is >$20k. frick that.
ETA: If we were back in Nola, Jesuit has the cheapest tuition of all Catholic high schools so it wouldn't be a tough decision. Plus legacies usually get accepted unless they are complete degenerates.
ETA: If we were back in Nola, Jesuit has the cheapest tuition of all Catholic high schools so it wouldn't be a tough decision. Plus legacies usually get accepted unless they are complete degenerates.
This post was edited on 10/20/20 at 4:59 pm
Posted on 10/20/20 at 4:57 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Rummel is in Metry bruh
Sweet Jesus I did not go to Scummel. No Pink and Powder Blue here...
Posted on 10/20/20 at 4:57 pm to LSUFanHouston
All 3 of my kids did! Just sayn
Posted on 10/20/20 at 4:58 pm to TDsngumbo
I'd send my kid to Central public schools if we still lived out there but it wasn't ever anything that was important to me.
The private school that I went to for most of my schooling is apparently the Redhawks rather than Rebels now. Ole Miss, you're next.
The private school that I went to for most of my schooling is apparently the Redhawks rather than Rebels now. Ole Miss, you're next.
Posted on 10/20/20 at 4:58 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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why don’t you get a job?
I'll take the 12K a year and save it.
Posted on 10/20/20 at 4:59 pm to BeerMoney
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Some baws never do any better than high school.
Well I guess the money their parents spent on Catholic high school was well worth it, lol
Posted on 10/20/20 at 4:59 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Sweet Jesus I did not go to Scummel. No Pink and Powder Blue here...
I know Im just messing with ya....if I remember correctly you're a 9th Ward Tiger right?
Posted on 10/20/20 at 5:00 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Jesuit grads with boys in first grade, say, "my son will go to Jesuit".
You shouldn’t judge people for being gay, baw.
Posted on 10/20/20 at 5:01 pm to tgrbaitn08
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I know Im just messing with ya....if I remember correctly you're a 9th Ward Tiger right?
Nah, but that was my second choice.
My formative years were on the Avenue... where we got to have girls in our classes...
Posted on 10/20/20 at 5:02 pm to LSUFanHouston
My kids, if I have them, will go to public school. frick paying $10k plus for babysitting.
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