I am so glad that you are expanding these investigations to the private elite prep schools that are what we both know is the central source to the elite Ivy schools. “Get them while they’re young and you have them for life.” I tried to convince another attendee at the most recent Manhattan Institute event in Palm Beach.
I lived lived, worked, and taught with this group and was part of the administration who didn’t conform. After 28 years, I was “retired”. These people are even worse than their hire education, institution colleagues. The stories I could tell you.
“I also contacted several alumni who were angry about Exeter’s recent transformation but reluctant to come forward, given long-standing family ties to the school and the risks of publicly criticizing elite institutions.”
Oh puleeeeze. There’s a playground word for people like this. It starts with a “p” and ends with a “y”. Call them out and ridicule them. Public shaming is powerful. If you don’t, every kid on the playground knows what you are…
At least at private schools hardworking moderate and conservative taxpayers aren't footing the bill for the leftist indoctrination of their children. School choice and homeschooling aren't feasible for many families. This scourge must be addressed at the state dept of ed level so that our veterans, our cops and our truck drivers have options for their kids.
Phillips Andover Academy, aka Andover, founded by another member of the Phillips clan,( The uncle founded Exeter.), from which I graduated many moons ago, promotes the same woke nonsense. The school has billions in its endowment, and the scions of the rich, powerful from across the globe attend. The alumni magazine features pictures of boys in skirts on the cheerleading squad and is full of virtue signaling, self congratulatory articles about how enlightened they are, fighting racism and climate change, and all for only $70,000 /year these days. The headmaster, who is now called the head of school, is a promotionally gay, black physician.
Why a physician is an expert in secondary education, I have no idea. The school, which used to deliver a fantastic educational experience, is now an indoctrination academy for the Ivy League and other formerly great universities.
In brief, my 28 years. Started out as a young teacher in a school that promoted academic rigor. We had no idea of this slow malignant growth that was infiltrating from the top. We were busy working on our classes and helping students while also doing the other obligatory duties outside of teaching.
Then, some of us moved more into administration because of our experience and time at the school. It started off fine until we changed headmasters.
Many of the “traditionals“, as they called us, were slowly removed from committees. There was a slow process of removing us from the curriculum review committee because they needed new blood and fresh ideas. I was “rolled” off the admissions committee where we traditionals insisted that we continue to use independent norms, as opposed to national norms, as they are better predictors of success at this institution. The traditionals were slowly picked off of every committee. Unfortunately because of some bylaw, a few of us were “elevated” to the senior leadership team. Let’s just say that I was not a team player and defenestrated myself from the committee after 5 years. That is where I really saw the rot. It was incubus of what we see today. Eventually, I was asked to retire. Lesson to learn is that the pedigree of a private school is even stronger than the higher education. These are younger parents who are making a name for themselves or persevering a tradition (which is long gone) for their families. They will put up with much of what we see today because either they trust the school or they need their children to attend these schools to position themselves in society and give their children a chance at the Ivy’s. This is where we need parent education to understand what they are giving up for short term gains. And for alumni/alumnae to understand and care what is going on. Unfortunately, I have little hope that even when the legacies know, they will not care. The woke have put them to sleep.
Andover grad here, but the situation is similar. You have done a service for alumni at these schools, Christopher, who have no real access to the culture and pedagogy of the schools except to be on the receiving end of many contribution solicitations. I recall my first exposure to the current Andover Head of School on Zoom, and the first words out of his mouth were how Andover had to combat systemic racism. I sent him an email saying that it appeared that he has been captured by the sloppy thinking of the likes of Ibram X. Kendi, as there has not been systemic racism in the United States since the mid-60s civil rights legislation. I never heard back, and I haven't contributed since
This snowball has been rolling and it will not be stopped. Doesn’t matter if it’s being exposed, an entire generation has become this and they will rear the next. Great job America, you got Trojan horsed.
Thank you for uncovering one of many tragic educational situations. I wish you'd do this kind of investigative work with Brearley, Chapin, Spence, and other New York private schools.
Why isn’t the propagandizing/indoctrination/brainwashing of our children/youths using the threat of ostracism/bullying/exclusion considered social extortion and child abuse, punishable by already existing laws?
These are actual crimes. There are actual victims.
“ the real conflict today is not confined to the wars on which the liberal elite depend for their livelihood. It is between the fantasies of the rulers and the reality of the ruled.”
Frank Wright Substack.
What a keen mind he has, spectacular.
This Rufo fella is fighting the good fight. Good guy ☝️
Hey, Latin and Greek are apparently as yet untouched; the administration is probably waiting for the old-fogey teachers to retire.
In the Soviet bloc countries (and no doubt still in Communist China, Laos, Vietnam, North Korea, etc) every school and workplace had its political office with agents tasked to enforce the Party line. So, too, our elite private schools, apparently. These offices and their pernicious work need to be delegitimized and abolished before our institutions become unable to break free from their ideological stranglehold. Thanks for exposing this single example. I salute the courage of men like you and this former student.
Thank you for investigating this. I wanted to point out that George Floyd was on drugs when he died, and the officers followed their training. Also the main officer KNEW George for years as they worked at the SAME night club !!! The most amazing thing is how the media and govt were ready to jump on this incident and launch it into the stratosphere to get their crazy beliefs into the mainstream. But I guess that's what left wingers do, plan for an opportunity and then pounce.
Christopher, as you continue to expose the corruption within our institutions, might I suggest investigating our teacher colleges? As a retired teacher with 3 degrees, I can attest to the pathetic “standards” that guided these institutions to crank out poorly qualified and incapable graduates over the past 15-20 years. These are the people who populate our current educational system at all levels. If anyone wants to know why and how American education has become so woke, morally corrupt and incompetent, they need to go to the source - the training (or lack thereof) and indoctrination of those who call themselves educators today.
I am so glad that you are expanding these investigations to the private elite prep schools that are what we both know is the central source to the elite Ivy schools. “Get them while they’re young and you have them for life.” I tried to convince another attendee at the most recent Manhattan Institute event in Palm Beach.
I lived lived, worked, and taught with this group and was part of the administration who didn’t conform. After 28 years, I was “retired”. These people are even worse than their hire education, institution colleagues. The stories I could tell you.
“I also contacted several alumni who were angry about Exeter’s recent transformation but reluctant to come forward, given long-standing family ties to the school and the risks of publicly criticizing elite institutions.”
Oh puleeeeze. There’s a playground word for people like this. It starts with a “p” and ends with a “y”. Call them out and ridicule them. Public shaming is powerful. If you don’t, every kid on the playground knows what you are…
At least at private schools hardworking moderate and conservative taxpayers aren't footing the bill for the leftist indoctrination of their children. School choice and homeschooling aren't feasible for many families. This scourge must be addressed at the state dept of ed level so that our veterans, our cops and our truck drivers have options for their kids.
Phillips Andover Academy, aka Andover, founded by another member of the Phillips clan,( The uncle founded Exeter.), from which I graduated many moons ago, promotes the same woke nonsense. The school has billions in its endowment, and the scions of the rich, powerful from across the globe attend. The alumni magazine features pictures of boys in skirts on the cheerleading squad and is full of virtue signaling, self congratulatory articles about how enlightened they are, fighting racism and climate change, and all for only $70,000 /year these days. The headmaster, who is now called the head of school, is a promotionally gay, black physician.
Why a physician is an expert in secondary education, I have no idea. The school, which used to deliver a fantastic educational experience, is now an indoctrination academy for the Ivy League and other formerly great universities.
In brief, my 28 years. Started out as a young teacher in a school that promoted academic rigor. We had no idea of this slow malignant growth that was infiltrating from the top. We were busy working on our classes and helping students while also doing the other obligatory duties outside of teaching.
Then, some of us moved more into administration because of our experience and time at the school. It started off fine until we changed headmasters.
Many of the “traditionals“, as they called us, were slowly removed from committees. There was a slow process of removing us from the curriculum review committee because they needed new blood and fresh ideas. I was “rolled” off the admissions committee where we traditionals insisted that we continue to use independent norms, as opposed to national norms, as they are better predictors of success at this institution. The traditionals were slowly picked off of every committee. Unfortunately because of some bylaw, a few of us were “elevated” to the senior leadership team. Let’s just say that I was not a team player and defenestrated myself from the committee after 5 years. That is where I really saw the rot. It was incubus of what we see today. Eventually, I was asked to retire. Lesson to learn is that the pedigree of a private school is even stronger than the higher education. These are younger parents who are making a name for themselves or persevering a tradition (which is long gone) for their families. They will put up with much of what we see today because either they trust the school or they need their children to attend these schools to position themselves in society and give their children a chance at the Ivy’s. This is where we need parent education to understand what they are giving up for short term gains. And for alumni/alumnae to understand and care what is going on. Unfortunately, I have little hope that even when the legacies know, they will not care. The woke have put them to sleep.
Andover grad here, but the situation is similar. You have done a service for alumni at these schools, Christopher, who have no real access to the culture and pedagogy of the schools except to be on the receiving end of many contribution solicitations. I recall my first exposure to the current Andover Head of School on Zoom, and the first words out of his mouth were how Andover had to combat systemic racism. I sent him an email saying that it appeared that he has been captured by the sloppy thinking of the likes of Ibram X. Kendi, as there has not been systemic racism in the United States since the mid-60s civil rights legislation. I never heard back, and I haven't contributed since
This snowball has been rolling and it will not be stopped. Doesn’t matter if it’s being exposed, an entire generation has become this and they will rear the next. Great job America, you got Trojan horsed.
Bryan Rigg is to be commended for "claiming the truths he speaks".
Thank you for uncovering one of many tragic educational situations. I wish you'd do this kind of investigative work with Brearley, Chapin, Spence, and other New York private schools.
Why isn’t the propagandizing/indoctrination/brainwashing of our children/youths using the threat of ostracism/bullying/exclusion considered social extortion and child abuse, punishable by already existing laws?
These are actual crimes. There are actual victims.
Name, shame, and expose. Don't stop until they're all out of a job. DEI is racism, pure and simple.
“ the real conflict today is not confined to the wars on which the liberal elite depend for their livelihood. It is between the fantasies of the rulers and the reality of the ruled.”
Frank Wright Substack.
What a keen mind he has, spectacular.
This Rufo fella is fighting the good fight. Good guy ☝️
Sorry for the grammatical errors. I am allowing passion to take over.
Hey, Latin and Greek are apparently as yet untouched; the administration is probably waiting for the old-fogey teachers to retire.
In the Soviet bloc countries (and no doubt still in Communist China, Laos, Vietnam, North Korea, etc) every school and workplace had its political office with agents tasked to enforce the Party line. So, too, our elite private schools, apparently. These offices and their pernicious work need to be delegitimized and abolished before our institutions become unable to break free from their ideological stranglehold. Thanks for exposing this single example. I salute the courage of men like you and this former student.
Thank you for investigating this. I wanted to point out that George Floyd was on drugs when he died, and the officers followed their training. Also the main officer KNEW George for years as they worked at the SAME night club !!! The most amazing thing is how the media and govt were ready to jump on this incident and launch it into the stratosphere to get their crazy beliefs into the mainstream. But I guess that's what left wingers do, plan for an opportunity and then pounce.
Christopher, as you continue to expose the corruption within our institutions, might I suggest investigating our teacher colleges? As a retired teacher with 3 degrees, I can attest to the pathetic “standards” that guided these institutions to crank out poorly qualified and incapable graduates over the past 15-20 years. These are the people who populate our current educational system at all levels. If anyone wants to know why and how American education has become so woke, morally corrupt and incompetent, they need to go to the source - the training (or lack thereof) and indoctrination of those who call themselves educators today.