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This is no longer the case. Snobbery is not nearly as prevalent as it used to be. Granted, WASPs are still a prominent presence at most prep schools. But students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds are growing in numbers, so much so that the WASPs seeking sale haven from racial tension can no longer assume that the prep school will keep their sensibilities safe and warm...
...Prep school wasn't a utopia back then and it isn't now: the issues of race and class still persist, but now in a way that more closely reflects the rest of the world. Preppies of all political persuasions have a greater sensitivity to problems of race and class...
Another example of this awareness is the number of thriving community service programs that are run by many of the old New England prep school. These programs involve students in the greater community in ways that many public schools can't because of limited resources...
True, many things haven't changed at the prep school The pressure to succeed and the competition are still intense. Despite changes in the composition of the student body, faculty and administration, the Puritan ethic persists Students face a bevy of rules and regulations, covering everything from off-campus travel to having guests of the opposite sex in rooms to even the slightest hint of dishonesty...
...whole, it is undeniable that the Prep School is undergoing a transformation. The stereotypes still apply to many prep schools, but the trend is unmistakable. Andover's disciplinary policies have become the most lax of the New England prep schools, and the dinosaurs in the faculty are becoming an endangered species...