Comments on: What Condos Sold Where in Hoboken? http://hobokenrealestatenews.com/2009/08/10/what-condos-sold-where-in-hoboken/ What buyers and sellers need to know about Hoboken condos and real estate. Sat, 12 May 2012 19:15:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Helping Hoboken Moms Sell Their Condos » Let’s talk about schools http://hobokenrealestatenews.com/2009/08/10/what-condos-sold-where-in-hoboken/comment-page-2/#comment-3550 Helping Hoboken Moms Sell Their Condos » Let’s talk about schools Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:24:43 +0000 http://hobokenrealestatenews.com/?p=1744#comment-3550 [...] being said, let’s address the myth that a suburban education is automatically better. Of my nine cousins who went through the superb Scarsdale school system, three are doctors. The [...] [...] being said, let’s address the myth that a suburban education is automatically better. Of my nine cousins who went through the superb Scarsdale school system, three are doctors. The [...]

]]> By: Recent Buyer http://hobokenrealestatenews.com/2009/08/10/what-condos-sold-where-in-hoboken/comment-page-2/#comment-3343 Recent Buyer Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:46:31 +0000 http://hobokenrealestatenews.com/?p=1744#comment-3343 You guys are talking about Hoboken schools like a student gets shot there every week. Trust me, your kids WILL be fine if they attend schools in Hoboken. I grew up in Newark and went to a top ten law school. (Now, I'm going to get creamed for bragging - I'm trying to make a point.) No, I didn't go to Harvard. No, I didn't get an 800 on my SATs - did any of you guys who went to suburban high schools? No, I don't work for a large law firm. Yet, I'm happy and well-educated. I wonder how many kids from these "elite" high schools you guys are talking about end up ivy league schools? Not go to ivy league school? Oh, the horror. I hope your kids don't get lost in the sea of competition at some of these schools. You guys are talking about Hoboken schools like a student gets shot there every week. Trust me, your kids WILL be fine if they attend schools in Hoboken. I grew up in Newark and went to a top ten law school. (Now, I’m going to get creamed for bragging – I’m trying to make a point.) No, I didn’t go to Harvard. No, I didn’t get an 800 on my SATs – did any of you guys who went to suburban high schools? No, I don’t work for a large law firm. Yet, I’m happy and well-educated.

I wonder how many kids from these “elite” high schools you guys are talking about end up ivy league schools?

Not go to ivy league school? Oh, the horror. I hope your kids don’t get lost in the sea of competition at some of these schools.

]]> By: nag http://hobokenrealestatenews.com/2009/08/10/what-condos-sold-where-in-hoboken/comment-page-2/#comment-3337 nag Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:31:39 +0000 http://hobokenrealestatenews.com/?p=1744#comment-3337 The only worn-out slogan I see is the one with which you opened your post. "School education" did teach me a lot of things, and one of them is that getting into and attending the best college you can is very, very important. Diversity can be found in suburbs. And the real diversity you are describing, where kids actually benefit from it and become more well-rounded people, is found in colleges in its most extreme. My point is that it is easier, much easier, to get into the best possible college you can if you have attended a blue ribbon school rather than Hoboken High. I'm not saying it cannot be done, of course it can, it's just more difficult. Personally, I would not want to make it more difficult for my child. If you think it's just as easy coming from Hoboken High as it is coming from Glen Ridge High, I really don't know what I can say to that. If you are suggesting college is not necessary so who cares where you get your formal high school education, again, I don't know what to say to that either. So, my question is, do you think you should sacrifice your child's formal education so that your child can grow up in a "diverse" urban area? I don't think the benefit of diversity for a high schooler is worth the risk to their academic future. Would you take that risk? The only worn-out slogan I see is the one with which you opened your post. “School education” did teach me a lot of things, and one of them is that getting into and attending the best college you can is very, very important. Diversity can be found in suburbs. And the real diversity you are describing, where kids actually benefit from it and become more well-rounded people, is found in colleges in its most extreme.

My point is that it is easier, much easier, to get into the best possible college you can if you have attended a blue ribbon school rather than Hoboken High. I’m not saying it cannot be done, of course it can, it’s just more difficult. Personally, I would not want to make it more difficult for my child. If you think it’s just as easy coming from Hoboken High as it is coming from Glen Ridge High, I really don’t know what I can say to that. If you are suggesting college is not necessary so who cares where you get your formal high school education, again, I don’t know what to say to that either.

So, my question is, do you think you should sacrifice your child’s formal education so that your child can grow up in a “diverse” urban area? I don’t think the benefit of diversity for a high schooler is worth the risk to their academic future. Would you take that risk?

]]>