tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13263155.post113583315456630676..comments2023-10-15T10:55:42.537-05:00Comments on This That and the Other Thing: Picking SchoolsRAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04102249990885174107noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13263155.post-1136486639757176932006-01-05T12:43:00.000-06:002006-01-05T12:43:00.000-06:00Hi Ruth!I don't know anything about Rummel, but my...Hi Ruth!<BR/>I don't know anything about Rummel, but my boys are at an all-boys' school, and IMO you are wise to think twice or thrice before sending your son to one. There is a fair amount of bullying that goes on under the radar at any school, but my sons tell me that there is a lot more scuffling and fighting at their current school than was the case at the public school they used to attend. And adolescent boys can be merciless toward those who are "different," particularly when the target has difficulties with ordinary social situations. My oldest son had a classmate with what I suspect was Asperger's in elementary school. Once the kids got used to him and his various quirks, he wasn't teased much, especially because the "popular" girls took him under their wing and defended him against the bullies.<BR/>You know Jay best, but consider that it's much easier to provide supplementary academic enrichment with special outside classes than to try to compensate for a miserable social environment at school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com