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To: xsmommy
Dear xsmommy,

“...and seriously, you are portraying Gonzaga as HIGH CLASS?”

Compared traditionally to DeMatha kids? In terms of socioeconoic status, yes. Certainly, Georgetown Prep is socioeconomically a step or two (or three) further up the ladder from either Gonzaga or DeMatha.

Location of the school isn't particularly relevant to socioeconomic class of the student body. For pete’s sake, DeMatha has been in HYATTSVILLE, boxed in by body-slamming car dealers for seventy-plus years, in the heart of PG County! LOL!

“The boys all work there doing stuff at various points. My son did laundry for the homeless there.”

Yes, well, all our kids do community service, now, don't they? The question isn't whether one’s kids work in a homeless shelter, but whether they would need to live in one. I'm reasonably sure that folks sending their kids to Gonzaga don't generally need such help (although four years of tuition certainly make parents feel like it's a viable option - even at low-rent DeMatha).

In reality, though, neither school is what it was when we were young. When I was at DeMatha, it truly was fairly working-class. Lots of Chevys and Fords in the parking lot, mostly older, mostly retrieved from salvage yards and rebuilt by the students and their dads. Now I go over there and there are plenty of kids getting dropped off from Lexuses and Cadillacs and Mercedes. But even lowly DeMatha runs $14K+ per year (to say nothing of Gonzaga’s $18.5K).

But no matter what changes, the perpetual jealousy of DeMatha’s superior sports programs is eternal in the WCAC. ;-)


sitetest

34 posted on 01/24/2013 6:01:49 AM PST by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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To: sitetest

i think of DeMatha and Gonzaga as comparable, as far as socioeconomic status. i am not from the DC area, so i can’t speak historically, i can speak from 2006-2010 when my son was there. and there was no DeMatha sports superiority in that period that i can recall : )


37 posted on 01/24/2013 6:19:07 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: sitetest
But no matter what changes, the perpetual jealousy of DeMatha's superior sports programs is eternal in the WCAC. ;-)

In 1965 I managed to score tickets to the game at Cole Field House at UMD to witness DeMatha break the 71 game winning streak of NYC's Power Memorial Academy. DeMatha's ball handling and shooting held Lew Alcindor in check. Tremendous hype over Alcindor overlooked his still gawky moves. Heck of a game. Youtube has some footage. Big consistent winners always leave whiners in their wake.

40 posted on 01/24/2013 6:30:19 AM PST by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: sitetest

It WAS interesting that De Matha was/is? a sports power house. Could never figure out why year after year they dominated especially if they had the same requirements for attending a Catholic high as the rest did. Got any ideas why this is so?
Guilty as charged...the win against De Matha in 2003 in b-ball was Deeeeeelicious!


41 posted on 01/24/2013 6:40:36 AM PST by matginzac
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To: sitetest

It WAS interesting that De Matha was/is? a sports power house. Could never figure out why year after year they dominated especially if they had the same requirements for attending a Catholic high as the rest did. Got any ideas why this is so?
Guilty as charged...the win against De Matha in 2003 in b-ball was Deeeeeelicious!


42 posted on 01/24/2013 6:40:47 AM PST by matginzac
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