What stereotypes exist about NYC private schools?
I'll give you a run down of what I've gotten as a student at an NYC private school. The hilltop schools (HM, Riverdale, Fieldston) are stereotyped as being really, really uptight and over-pressured, especially in the case of Horace Mann and Riverdale. Also for having bad football teams and sex scandals. The hilltop schools are the drama hounds of the Ivy Prep League. Fieldston is more hippies and white people with dreads but they're also a prep school so there's an odd stereotype dichotomy there. Kids from Collegiate are just dicks. I would argue that this is a fact and not a stereotype but that's an argument for another day. Also a lot of people think Collegiate guys are attractive. Chapin and Marymount girls are stereotyped as "rich bitches." I don't actually really know anything about Brearley, most of my interactions with other schools come from sporting events and I've never had one against them. Saint Ann's is where you wish you had gone instead of where you are because everyone just seems happy and there are no letter grades. Calhoun is just known for having no walls for some reason--what's up with that. Poly Prep kids are insane athletes, I know there's a guy who used to attend my school who switched to Poly and now the athletic department is crying themselves to sleep because he's a total star there. I know nothing about Trinity, they seem cool though. You said NYC specifically but once you get out of the city and into Westchester you also have Hackley, Rye, and Masters. If I talk about Masters too long I'll end up getting sued for slander by their administration. Rye kids are nice. Hackley is ultra-preppy but not irritatingly so. Also there are the public schools that have the vibe of prep schools like Stuyvesant ("Stuy"), Bronx Science ("BxSci"), and Beacon (Uh...Beacon?) Oh, yeah, and the Catholic boys' schools like Fordham Prep and Regis. Yep. That's the insider's view. There's probably more I could say but that's all that comes to mind. Let me know if you have any more questions!
What is (or was) it like to grow up as a kid in NYC?
I'd note that growing up as a child in Manhattan (I feel like I'm one of the few people in the world who were born in Manhattan, grew up in Manhattan, and still live in Manhattan) is a bit different from some of the other parts of New York City - Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and especially Staten Island have some suburban features). Here are the big differences that I have noticed with my upbringing vs. that of other non-Manhattanites:Getting to school. Dramatically different. The School Bus experience is apparently very important (for both good and bad reasons) for many folks growing up. I never had such an experience. For me it was always walking to school, or taking a subway. I was around grown-ups, not around other kids. Driving. NYC driving age is 18. I graduated high school at 16. I'm now 36 and still don't drive. That whole high school experience? Nope. Sports. I think this is something that has changed, but sports in NYC in the 80's and 90's were pretty rough before the building of things like Chelsea Piers and the renovation of many NYC parks. I have so many memories of playing baseball & softball on either ratty artificial turf or concrete. Hangouts. If we wanted to do illicit teenage things, we mostly had to find someone's apartment whose parents were not around. I hear a lot about house parties and stuff, but no one had houses. Danger. The big issues suburban kids seem to deal with are physical injury either through car accidents (the main way teenagers seem to lose their lives these days) or other physical accidents. The dangers we had were bad people (I was 11 months old when Etan Patz disappeared), usually through just being drug addicted idiots (I remember a homeless guy trying to pee on me on the F train in the 80's, but he just might not have realized I was standing there), or violence (I still vividly remember a baseball cap being stolen off my head in 1992, and a loaded gun being shoved in my face.)I wouldn't change it for anything, but growing up in NYC as a child is completely different than anywhere else in the United States, that's for sure.
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Whats a really expensive restaurant in Joliet/chicago illinois?
For Joliet, Al's Steakhouse on the West side was mentioned. Barollo Ristorante on Black Road is not cheap and has great atmosphere, although it can be too dark to read the menu sometimes. Harrah's has the Reserve Steakhouse and the slightly less expensive Mosaic dining room. The Mosaic has good service and an eclectic menu. You can go $20 or $50 depending on your taste. Near Westfield is the Red Lobster, and you can pick your own dinner out of the tank and splurge on lobster & crab. There isn't much really fancy or super expensive on the Plainfield end of Joliet. You've got the Texas Roadhouse and Outback for steak joints. If you drive up Rt. 59 North towards Naperville you get into fancier places, or out I-80 towards Orland Park & the Harlem Ave. area. Chicago is up for grabs - there are 50+ I could name that I cannot afford to eat at, starting with Charlie Trotters. Bon appetit.