“With demands for special education or standardized test prep being shouted in their ears, public schools can't always hear a parent when he says: 'I want my child to be able to write contracts in Spanish,' or, 'I want my child to shake hands firmly,' or, 'I want my child to study statistics and accounting, not calculus.” WantWritingChildrenHandsAbleSchoolParentStudySpecialDemandTestsEarsMy ChildrenShakesStatisticsContractsPublic SchoolAccountingCalculusPrepsSpecial Education Author:Amity Shlaes
“Britain is blessed with a functioning political culture. It is dominated by people who live in London and who have often known each other since prep school. This makes it gossipy and often incestuous.” PeopleSchoolPoliticalCultureKnownBlessedLondonBritainPrepsPolitical Culture Author:David Brooks
“Looking, acting, and ultimately being Prep is not restricted to an elite minority lucky enough to attend prestigious private schools, just because an ancestor or two happened to arrive here on the Mayflower. You don't even have to be a registered Republican.” TwoEnoughSchoolActingHappenedRepublicanLuckyMinoritiesAncestorElitesPrepsPrivate SchoolPrestigiousMayflower Book:The official preppy handbook Source: The official preppy handbook
“I was at a school in England, a prep school, from the ages of 8 and 13. And every play they did was a musical. Parents love musicals. And I don't sing. It was driving me crazy. 'We're doing 'Macbeth.'' 'Yes!' 'The musical!' And I was always in the chorus, because of course, in all the main parts, you had to be able to sing.” PlayAgeAbleSchoolCoursesParentCrazyEnglandMusicalDrivingChorusParents LovePrepsDrive Me Crazy Author:Charlie Cox