I talk to one person I went to h.s. with, but again...corn field.

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Sure, that's true. I don't think my wife has any idea about such hierarchy. But if you're a Catholic kid in the City you likely do. And I think it goes beyond politics, it's there in business too. Chicago is a very Catholic city. You can see the way the Catholic Leaguers on this board interact. There is a shared experience. And within that experience St. Ignatius is elite.

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Ecclesiastes 5:8

I'm not sure if Lincoln is considered luxury but I had one. It had a great sound system and some extra buttons but I had to be extra cautious in the snow because it was going to fishtail. Towards the end of my ownership the repair costs were insane. The Chrysler 300 I had after cost significantly less and it had the same buttons and fishtailing issue. Outside of the sound system there was no major difference beyond name and cost. I've never driven a $100k car so it's possible that would change my thinking.

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You could send your kids to Parker or Latin. That's really rarified air. There aren't many middle class kids at those places. Maybe a few on scholarship.

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Ecclesiastes 5:8

There was a camaraderie and kinship not born of arrogance.

At my brother and father's wakes there was people who taught them or worked with them en masse from Fenwick. None of whom were there for job or economic reasons.

I found out recently when reading the alumni publication that that Maggie Hendricks is a Fenwick graduate.

CACHET GONE> BOOM.

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I don't even like this part of the conversation.

Here is what I've pulled from going to open houses: Loyola is pulling from 92 zip codes. Ignatius is pulling from about 150. Someone knows.

Ignatius has full on alumni associations in at least NY, DC, Philly, LA and probably more if I cared to look. I could probably go to Rome and pull a group together. Yes, in Bangor, Maine it might mean nothing.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I had a Mark VIII for a couple years. It was a great car.

Was your 300 black like the one Heisenberg drives?

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Ecclesiastes 5:8

Fenwick privilege.

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Ecclesiastes 5:8

It was blue. I think you road in it to the Bulls game or a bar. I'm older and sleep deprived so I could be wrong.

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Salesman: Hi, would you like to buy some of my product?
Potential customer: I am interested, but are you Catholic?
Salesman: Yes
Potential customer: Where did you go to school?
Salesman: Public school
Potential customer: No thanks. Please leave.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

strip away everything else, including the education and my religious training has been invaluable to my life.

I don't say this as a saint. Actually, I say this as a person who fails daily.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I'm kinda with you but you know the place that you went to school with matters. You're more likely to get the account if you went to the same school than you would if you went to a rival school. You'll usually know those things in your background homework or a "warm up".

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I know. We've seen you use the quote function.

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I don't remember half the time if I'm hiding or I'm lost

You so desperately want that to be a likely scenario.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I'll send you the dates for the games young Crest has this year against U High and Parker.

The noticeable effects of a Catholic education vs a private school education will start before tip-off.

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What point are you making here? We are talking about a total student population equal to the lower end of suburban schools.
What do you think the attendance is of these meetings in towns of millions of people? Enrollment in that school is listed as 1,380. That's a class size of about 350 a year. Multiply that by 50 years and we are talking about a global network of working aged people at 17,500. Yeah, I'm sure they are running things in New York.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I have no doubt there are scenarios where your high school can have an impact on a relationship later in life. That can be true for a lot of different parts of your past or present.

I was more mocking the idea that a Catholic is going to be shunned in a business deal because they went to public school.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

These threads are always entertaining.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Do you think that's how business relationships are formed? I once had a banker hand me a $500,000 that I wasn't going to get because it came out in conversation that he and my partner were Sigma Nu brothers. These things obviously occur a lot more organically than your dopey example above.

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Ecclesiastes 5:8

The point is a refutation that you doubt people in the suburbs know about schools.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I think I did, but that was before I watched Breaking Bad so the car probably didn't make the same impression on me as it would have later.

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Ecclesiastes 5:8

I was mocking the idea that being Catholic matters but not if you went to public school which is what this thread is about.

I'm not doubting that things from your past can help you in business. The company I work for only looked for a Purdue graduate for my position. I would probably tend to help a Purdue graduate over another school too. However, at least it's a national network of alumni unlike what good dolphin is trying to tell me about the St. Ignatius grads that run things in New York.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I might send my kid to Fenwick so he can play on the second-rate sports teams. Ignatius parents are way too annoying to associate with.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

What do you think the attendance is of these meetings in towns of millions of people? Enrollment in that school is listed as 1,380. That's a class size of about 350 a year. Multiply that by 50 years and we are talking about a global network of working aged people at 17,500. Yeah, I'm sure they are running things in New York.[/quote]

You think they moved to bus tables?

I'd say they get 25-50? I'd think the bonds would be even stronger for ex pat types, as they are looking for a little piece of home.

Running things, no. I bet if I called the school and asked for the NY alum pres because I was moving and wanted a lead on employment it would be an effective move.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I seriously doubt this.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

You knew that going in. How you worked that bullet into a conversation is different. #NetworksMatter

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No one is surprised by this response.

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Shots fired at my less educated family members.

When will the abuse ever end??

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A fellow board member recently won me a reduction in my property taxes. #CFMBNETWORKMATTERS

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#CatholicWarsOfChicago

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