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THE PHILIPS EXETER ACADEMY -- WHAT MOST AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOLS SHOULD ASPIRE TO BE LIKE:


2 posted on 08/14/2013 8:09:09 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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From Wikipedia:

Phillips Exeter Academy (also known as Exeter, Phillips Exeter, or PEA) is an American private college preparatory school for boarding and day students between the 9th and 12th grade. It is a large co-educational school, with over 1,000 students. It was founded in 1781 by John Phillips, a wealthy American merchant and early patron of schools.

Exeter is located in Exeter, New Hampshire, capital of the state during the American Revolutionary War, in the historic New England region, and is one of the oldest secondary schools in the United States.

It is a member of the Ten Schools Admissions Organization, founded by ten leading American private preparatory schools in 1956, as well as the global G20 Schools group.


4 posted on 08/14/2013 8:10:46 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Yeah. With a very highly selective admission, they don't have classrooms filled with students who answer questions with, "Suck my d*ck" instead of "chromosome" or "7.5%". And I'll be willing to bet that 60% of what comes out of their teachers' mouths doesn't have to be, "Put that cell phone away."

Know what the most commonly asked classroom question I've ever encountered is?

Wait for it...

"Can I have the bathroom pass?" And if the answer is "No", what is the most common response?

"Den I gonna piss on the floor!" or some variant thereof.

Disgusting, but true.

56 posted on 08/14/2013 9:55:00 AM PDT by EinNYC
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