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Evil Deb 03/09/2012 4:09:00 PM
That's odd my high school wasn't on the chart. I wonder why. By the way it was Ritenour in Overland.
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Lizzie Girl :-) 03/05/2012 6:54:00 AM
They forgot about St. Elizabeth :'-(
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03/04/2012 9:23:00 PM
Rich kids go to oversea boarding schools while sporting custom baby seal designer jackets - not Ladue HS. Lacue Yacht Club http://www.facebook.com/ladueyachtclub
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03/04/2012 6:34:00 PM
This is sooooo St. Louis - be sure and look at the chart -
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WGHS 03/02/2012 4:11:00 AM
I love this conversation, I just can't help but wonder... Has anyone here done anything SINCE high school?
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Splicedragon 02/25/2012 11:16:00 PM
I too live in Chicago and that IS not a question asked. The Chicagoans don't get why we ask that question.
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Diane Seufert Williams 02/25/2012 6:24:00 AM
I went to Nerinx Hall High School - Webster Groves, Mo. My family is from Cincinnati and you are so right! Both are old cities and very class structured so when asked "Where did you go to High School?" you immediatly judge that person and think you know everything about their socio-economic / family background. Most of the time it is correct but not always. All I know is that my longest lasting friends are my high school friends. There are a bunch of us that not only stay in touch but we travel together and meet in St. Louis as often as we can. When there is something tragic happening we are always there for each other. My family in Cincinnati has had the same type of experience after going to Catholic schools. I now live in Atlanta, a relativly new city w/ many transients. There is a shortage of Catholic schools here and it shows. I would not trade my four years at Nerinx for anything and if I had a daughter and still lived in St. Louis I would urge her to go there as all of my friends have done.
Diane Williams
Nerinx Hall Hottie
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02/23/2012 6:07:00 PM
jon hamm was not artsy at all. the fact that he became so successful has nothing to do with john burroughs. he was very unsuccessful until he was about 30. brice is right in that john burroughs doesn't emphasize well-roundedness and instead focuses on academics and test scores. besides, you can't just name off some celebrities that graduated from a high school that had no relevance in their success. they're only known for one role anyway...vincent price graduated from micds and you dont normally hear anyone bragging about that.
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Guest 02/22/2012 2:47:00 PM
I know why St Elizabeth Academy isn't on the chart; it's because it's so far down the list that to most people it doesn't count. And I say this as an SEA grad. When I went to college in another state, I was introduced to another student from the St Louis area-Clayton HS. When she asked me "the question" and I answered honestly, she quietly replied, "ohhh." And that was that, not another word was spoken. I didn't make the cut, as it were. My roommate later remarked "Wtf was that about?" Poor girl didn't understand the St. Louis way of putting you in your place.
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02/21/2012 5:36:00 PM
A "real" Hoosier asks "where'd you go to school at?" With a preposition at the end.
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Workgingwaterfront 02/21/2012 3:11:00 PM
LOVE this. Thank you....I now can back up my "Hoosier" references to my husband with this article. Actually, he's probably better off not knowing how mean that is...nevermind!
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02/20/2012 5:51:00 PM
They've got it ALL WRONG. I don't know who the interviewer is talking to but, once again, let's go to the REAL source. This question started by being asked by Afro-Americans to one another. Many, as recently as 4 generations ago, were 1st generation graduates of high school. At a time when struggles just to get your child INTO school for a high school education, the proud parents and students used this question 2-fold. One to identify school "family" ties with pride and common-ness and two, to connect the individual with neighborhood and other blood relatives since many were decendants of recent slaves it was a way to find relatives ( by who knew who.)
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Rnwhiteaker 02/20/2012 4:39:00 PM
WHO CARES!!!!
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Bedrosi 02/20/2012 7:55:00 AM
I can't believe that Sarah VanSlette is getting a grant to study this. It's a shame how easy it is to get grant money for things that are so unimportant in our society.
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02/20/2012 1:01:00 AM
Where is Trinity on the flow chart? It was the merger of Aquinas-Mercy and Rosary. Guess you didn't want to touch the "white flight" issue with a ten foot nun-wielding ruler?
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02/19/2012 6:53:00 PM
Hey where is Ritenour?
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MP 02/19/2012 5:41:00 PM
Bayless. Many more Bosnians there.
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02/19/2012 4:23:00 PM
Apparently if you live in IL you aren't part of "St. Louis"
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Robert Huskey 02/19/2012 11:57:00 AM
I always took the question "Where did you go to high school?" as a way to see what part of the city the person lived in. I grew up here before all the bussing begain. Most people went to the public schools closest to thier homes then and from there to the closest high school.
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02/19/2012 4:51:00 AM
white-washed asians get this question often too... a socio-economic question for the ages
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Bvguse 02/19/2012 4:38:00 AM
Too damned funny. I grew up in STL. I now live in the DC 'burbs now. The day my husband and I moved into our new home in the 'burbs we noticed that our neighbors had a "west-end wax" bumper sticker on their Volvo. I introduced myself and asked, are you by chance from St. Louis? After receiving an affirmative response the next words out of both our mouths, in unison, were, "what high school did you go to." Answers: Lutheran South (me); Cor Jesu (neighbor). Despite the high school rivalry, we are great neighbors and share gooey butter cake and Gus' pretzels whenever we go home for visits.
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Motheroftwocoolnerds 02/19/2012 1:06:00 AM
Living in NJ now but will always answer Ursuline. My sister told me to look at this and I have promptly laughed my ass off for 10 minutes straight. Well done!!
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NRM0620 02/18/2012 4:51:00 PM
Funny there are so many schools missing. I also find it odd that the woman who put this together never included her own High School. Love the whole concept, to bad it is not complete.
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02/18/2012 8:05:00 AM
SusieQ....perhaps over the last couple of decades the question has been shortened to just "school" but in over 50 plus years I have never asked (or heard it asked) as just where did you go to school. It was always specific, "So, where did you go to High School?"
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Ls2010 02/18/2012 4:55:00 AM
Everyone keeps posting this on Facebook, and I'm dying to put a big circle around these flow charts and write - oh well, you'll all end up at Mizzou just like the rest of us. My high school is supposed to have no money and have parties in houses in the woods? And the school my brothers go to means our family has a maid and butler?? Sorry, I'm not bitter or anything... but maybe I am a little bit. Seriously, its time for St. Louis to grow up!
In light of this article, I'm proud to say I'm a graduate of Marquette High School, class of 2006, and the University of Notre Dame, class of 2010.
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Blaine 02/18/2012 3:52:00 AM
It's centered mainly on white people, though there are lots of black people at many of the Catholic, non-Catholic private and public schools listed. But when U City is linked by "your parents are interested in historic preservation" etc. it's clear it's not black folks the chart was thinking about.
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Eben 02/18/2012 3:49:00 AM
They're inverses of each other. One's in North County, the other in South County. Both are faith-centered Protestant schools, but not ultra-religious like Westminster. Lutheran North is good at football, basketball and track & field, Lutheran South at soccer, hockey and baseball.
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02/18/2012 2:29:00 AM
Lighten up. It's funny, and spot-on. No one's using it for a dissertation or anything. Sheesh.
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02/18/2012 2:18:00 AM
Burroughs has the highest ACT scores in St. Louis. Don't believe me, believe Saint Louis Magazine (it's quoted on Wikipedia too). Let's just say MICDS isn't second (Priory and SLUH come next...)
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02/18/2012 2:15:00 AM
Villa was on there, as was Visitation, Nerinx, and Rosati-Cain. But yes, a lot of the girls' Catholic schools were left off. Also no Chaminade.
They should have added for the Catholic girls: Do you live in the suburbs - yes --> Are you very athletic? - Cor Jesu ; Are you rich - yes: Villa & Viz; sorta - St. Joe's; Depends on how you define sorta - Ursuline; No - Incarnate word.
For the boys' Catholic schools, to include Chaminade, it should have said - Does your family have a personal staff - no: SLUH; yes --> Will you score at least 1400 on your SATs - yes: Saint Louis Priory; no: Chaminade. That would have put Chaminade, SLUH and Priory all in the same cluster where they belong.
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02/18/2012 2:10:00 AM
Yes, where were Chaminade, Ursuline, St. Joe's, Incarnate Word, Kennedy, Trinity, etc.? A lot of Catholic schools were left off that first chart. Why?
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MWL 02/18/2012 1:39:00 AM
As one of three brothers who graduated from SLUH I can say with certainty that none of us were ever once taught that. However, after reading your comment I now plan to call it "the High School" whenever I refer to it. many thanks!
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Rachkee 02/18/2012 12:52:00 AM
When I ask the question, it is only to find out if there is common link between the person and myself. It has nothing to do with stereotypes.
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02/17/2012 11:54:00 PM
I can't believe that a grant was issued for such an inane topic. Why is this research important? No wonder the country is broke.
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Mallsup75 02/17/2012 11:35:00 PM
What about "Bell Vegas" ? Who knows what that means? Might as well be from Nebraska. And if your parents paid for Althoff still no prestige.. "bell Vegas" for you too!
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TheDude 02/17/2012 11:06:00 PM
This is a common question heard in places that don't experience much population in-flux from other parts of the country. You never hear this question in big cities.
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Danielle Ehrhard 02/17/2012 10:18:00 PM
With an attitude and cynical mind like you have, I'm not surprised no one likes you. Take your east coast attitude and shove it. This town is amazing.
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02/17/2012 9:01:00 PM
U. City High School, of course!
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02/17/2012 6:08:00 PM
While amused by the chart and agree we're all drinking a bit of the STL cool aid how on earth does a social scientist (oxymoron) get tax dollars (IUS is a federally funded operation) to find out if people or happy or sad to be asked about what school they attended? Makes me want to work harder and earn more so I can give it away to wonderfully insightful studies such as these!
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stlreader 02/17/2012 5:30:00 PM
I grew up in Des Moines. NO ONE cares where you went to high school.
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stlreader 02/17/2012 5:27:00 PM
Immaculate Conception did exist. This is the RFT. Of course the pun was intended.
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K 02/17/2012 2:56:00 PM
The question is "Where did you go to SCHOOL?" High is never mentioned just implied.
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K 02/17/2012 2:50:00 PM
Since when was Mercy in U. City?!?!?
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KMD 02/17/2012 2:44:00 PM
Incarnate Word is missing as well
And Chaminade for boys...
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Jackie 02/17/2012 3:06:00 AM
Flow chart was fairly accurate, except missing major schools on it. I'm just confused on why Lutheran South and North are in the same slot. they are polar opposites!
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Jrkanerva 02/16/2012 10:39:00 PM
St. Louisans are not the only askers of this question. This question is also asked in Cincinnati. Therefore, when asked in St. Louis I answer "Walnut Hills" and get odd looks in return.
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JCR 02/16/2012 10:22:00 PM
If you read the article in the paper and not online the cover is a picture of a dozen or so hs rings on display. When you open to the article there is an image of one ring enlarged. A SLUH ring. Interesting choice. The boys/men who attend the U High are taught from the moment they step foot on campus where they go to school and whether they are 15 or 85 the answer to the "question" will be "I went to 'the High School'".
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02/16/2012 10:16:00 PM
Didn't Jon Hamm ("Mad Men") and Ellie Kemper ("The Office") both graduate from Burroughs? Looks like you've got a whole lot of facts wrong...
It's really just sad that you took the list so seriously...
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didn't make the cut! 02/16/2012 10:06:00 PM
Imaculate Conception? No hs school now or anytime in the past with that name in St. Louis. And no, I don't think it was intended as a joke as a previous post implied. Just stupidity by the designer of the flowchart-just like calling New City a hs. Maybe RFT should have had a native to stl make the chart.
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02/16/2012 9:56:00 PM
I thought about this...New City is an elementary school, not a high school...I think you called it.
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02/16/2012 9:44:00 PM
I love that so many of the comments are people complaining about how their high school was left off the flow chart. It's just perfect.
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02/16/2012 7:23:00 PM
I have not lived in St. Louis for 20 years but my late wife Nancy (DeA 1964) and I still loved asking THE QUESTION when we met someone from our roots. We did it with a smile and a ,"Well, are you going to give us the answer or do we have to ask you THE QUESTION?" If they were, at least for any length of time, from St. Louis they knew right away and we all laughed about it. If they did not know what the question was we laughed at ourselves and got them in on the joke. I actually believe that the question is especially interesting because of all the schools that no longer exist (mostly Catholic, Coyle, Mercy, Laboure, DeAndreis, McBride etc) or have moved to fancier digs (CBC, Viz or St. Joes) merged (MICD) or all of the burbs that have spawned Norths, easts, wests, norths, souths & Centrals. Not to mention the growing number of Christian schools with all of the bells and whistles of any of the other private gigs. For those that use THE QUESTION for societal gauging, get a life. For those who get pissed off, get a life. And SUSIE Q, THE QUESTION is always , "Where did you go to High School?"
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02/16/2012 2:59:00 PM
Where was Affton on your flow chart?!
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Jane 02/16/2012 1:59:00 PM
Lindbergh High School isn't on this flow chart and both Kirkwood and Webster made it on it. Go Flyers!!! What's up with that??????
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janie 02/16/2012 12:23:00 PM
I am a transplant to St Louis. My spouse, the native, can follow the "Catholic" portion of the flow chart.
Who cares?
This flow chart was created with the best of good humor!
I have just read/skimmed all 71 comments posted to date and find it odd that no one has thrown up their hands at the original study. Good time and your money was spent on this nonsense (study) from a grant through a publicly funded state educational facility from the Institute for Urban Research. Couldn't this money been better directed perhaps to a scholarship?
Where did they all go to high school?
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02/16/2012 6:48:00 AM
We often began the information hunt with what parish are you in.... very Catholic city and so many folks went to Cath. schools when I was growing up in 50s and 60s. Long time removed from city and never heard that question of parish or high school being asked since leaving St.Louis 40 plus years ago.
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02/16/2012 6:09:00 AM
STL...watch "The Family Stone"...(a movie)...realize you are all the Sarah Jessica Parker character and do not know how to "fly your freak flag"...K...no more LOL @ your tight a expense!
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02/16/2012 6:05:00 AM
I'm a native St. Louisan who lived on the East Coast for 15 years until recently moving back. Yes, there are parts of the East Coast where people are friendly and will say hello to strangers, hold a door, let you go ahead in line at the supermarket...and there are parts where you're far less likely to find that sort of friendly spirit. Same is true in St. Louis, and I suspect nearly anywhere you go in the U.S. I'm thrilled to be able to finish raising my teenage kids here, and THEY (as lifelong New Yorkers) LOVE it here--they think people are MUCH more friendly and LESS racist. They also tell their friends back in NY that there's more to do here (yes, they're from the suburbs of NYC and they still say that!) and community spirit is something they've never seen on par with the suburbs of St. Louis. They have been welcomed into their new school with open arms, mostly because they DIDN'T strut in acting like they were better than everyone else just because they are from New York. (Yeah, I said it.) All of my friends and coworkers back East had heard of Missouri (Seriously, one must know the 50 states to graduate from high school) and I never met a single person who had never heard of St. Louis, including folks from other countries. I agree that many think it's "the middle of nowhere" but don't most people think anyplace unfamiliar to them must be "the middle of nowhere" if THEY'VE never been there?! Many people from Missouri think the whole state of New York is skyscrapers and concrete....that just makes them uninformed, not ignorant. Actually, I've always thought that many East Coasters carry a level of Self-importance like I've never seen anywhere else...maybe that's why so "many" are appalled when they aren't given the expected glorious fanfare upon their arrival in such a backward place as this "one-horse town" called Saint Louis. The pride we have as Midwesterners and St. Louisans, is primarily borne of humility and simplicity...not the pious kind that comes from pretense and entitlement, as was the case with many (but not ALL) of the folks I left behind on the East Coast. I, personally, greet strangers, hold doors, let people go ahead in line, offer help to people in need, smile and make eye contact in passing, keep an eye on other parents' children at the park, etc. I do it here, I did it there, too. But I was RAISED that way in Good ol' St. Louis, as were all my friends, many of whom have either moved BACK or chose to never leave. My former employer on the East Coast welcomed my level-headed, personable, well-rounded, intelligent and open-minded personality, and especially valued my noteworthy work ethic...many even remarked that they wished more East Coast candidates/employees brought those characteristics on the par of those they've hired that came from the Midwest.
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02/16/2012 6:04:00 AM
Here's a lil' mo'...STL people further illustrate their passive aggressive behaviours by refusing to thank people for opening doors for them. They are so angry and full of self-hate they fail to enjoy the day with a "Good Morning", "Good Afternoon", "Nice Day", etc...some of the niceties that make life enjoyable for your neighbors and tourists to the area. My transplant friends and I always spot newbies by their exuberance for life, embracing us with a "Hi, Good Morning, Beautiful Day, and oh yes...a SMILE AND EYE CONTACT...STL people cannot look you in the eye or smile @ a stranger, a child, not even a dog...and oops, my friends are reminding me as we LOL...STL FOLK DON'T...LOL and more that is!
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02/16/2012 5:51:00 AM
I was looking to see if anyone had noticed that.
New City School is a grade school.
I imagine the author was probably thinking about Crossroads School, which is close by.
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02/16/2012 5:50:00 AM
I have a 6 month savings plan for making my great escape otta this flaco taco stand...opps that's gone too!
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02/16/2012 5:45:00 AM
STL continues to weaken their genepool through this and other segregating maneuvers!
I have found this to be quite an incestual community, full of repressed aggression which is really what forces someone to be overly paranoid of anything new and/or different and to alienate themselves into the crazy # of cloistered communities here. The 2nd. most peculiar thing about STL folk is that they cloister themselves into these tiny little communities and never venture outside of really specific perimeters. How freightened they are to return every night to their own little burbs. It is really like vampires having to return to their coffins to secure their sad existence. I was alarmed by my first introduction to this phenomina, "Oh, I never cross this street. I never have been to the arch, because it is downtown. I have never been to Blueberry Hill, where is that? I listened while 2 women directed a lady from Jefferson City to what they truly believed was the only train station in STL..."you can see it from Hwy 44 around Webster Groves. They argued with me a bit, being new to the area, while I informed the lady that she could either go downtown under the highways or head to the downtown Kirkwood Station. These 2 women were and still are livelong residents of STL...so limited and limiting of their life experiences by never venturing out of their own lil' burgs and also never opening their minds up to new adventure! STL people are stuck in the 50s and evidently think the world will end if they "think outside the box...the STL BOX!
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MizRobb 02/16/2012 3:43:00 AM
How ridiculous. Many many many great people came from the St. Louis Public Schools. This chart is offensive.
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Verbal 02/16/2012 2:11:00 AM
Brilliance is misspelled on the flow chart. Must have attended Villa.
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02/16/2012 1:37:00 AM
When I first moved to St. Louis, I thought the "eternal question" was just to spot "outsiders" so I would reply that I attended St. Erazmuth's Reformatory for Violent Teen Offenders and people shunned me. When I discovered that the question was to size up a person, even a St. Louis native, for upbringing, wealth and the other "sinister intentions" people believe, I started telling people I attended the LADUE Reformatory for Violent Teen Offenders and life has really changed for me!
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Loveisall1 02/16/2012 1:30:00 AM
So there are something like 40 Catholic high schools in the StL area and only 12 are included?!?! Seriously?! I am pretty sure that StL has the most Catholic schools in the whole freakin' country and yet my beloved alma mater is nowhere to be seen...I feel seriously left out!
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Transplant from the East Coast 02/16/2012 1:22:00 AM
Did you confuse New City (elementary) with Crossroads College Prep (which draws lots of students from New City) ?
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02/16/2012 1:11:00 AM
annnnd of course you left out Mercy, (in U. City) and all of its incarnations, now referred to as Trinity HS. Thanks a lot.
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Pattyheim 02/16/2012 1:04:00 AM
Agreed. St. Louisans never ask where did you go to high school unless the where did you go to school question is answered by a college name.
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Captainbreadfist 02/16/2012 12:23:00 AM
Wow! What a shame that you have obviously moved into a community and office full of jerks. I must say, as one who grew up in St. Louis and has lived in the county as well as the city, I have had my share of jerky acquaintances here. I went to Kirkwood High in the '80's and we had several assemblies about racism. There was a black girl who got up at one of them complaining that the girls on the swim team were mean to her and racist. I followed her remarks by saying that probably everyone in the room knew exactly who she was talking about and that, although I wouldn't doubt that they are racist, they also just happen to be the biggest bitches in school. Uproarious applause ensued. My point is, any one person, you included, has a very small perspective unless someone comes along and shows that person that there is a bigger picture and it's not all about or directed at you, for whatever reason. If you asked a decent sample group of native St. Louisans, I am sure you would find that we are very well aware that the people who live on the coastal and border states are fairly unaware of Missouri. International travelers are unaware of Missouri, or St. Louis in particular. St. Louis is a wonderful city with wonderful amenities, most of which are extremely reasonably priced or free (check out the zoo, science center, or art museum if you don't believe me...just walk right in, free parking on the street, no admission necessary.) We have a wonderful Shakespeare Festival every year in May and June. Free concerts all summer. A world class symphony orchestra and a really good baseball team. There is history galore in St. Louis, and so many outdoor activities within a one or two hour drive! Sure, we have our share of jerks. I am living in Germany for the next couple of years, and have also lived in the Netherlands for a while, but when I am living in the states (which is what I normally do) I prefer to live in St. Louis to any other place (I have lived in Florida, Louisiana, Arizona, and Washington state, all great places, but St. Louis is, and always will be, my home.) I suggest you get out of your little comfort zone of disgust and find things to see and do that one cannot find anywhere else. When you do, you will also find people who are friendly, and a way to make your friends from your home city jealous instead of piteous.
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02/15/2012 11:59:00 PM
It really depends on WHERE you live in St. Louis as far as people are concerned. I can sympathize with how you feel. We picked a new subdivision and rarely do the neighbors speak or look at you. You have to be willing to put yourself out there. For me, this is better than the East coast bum rush, rush, rush around! Totally. Plus, St. Louis is definitely affordable. St. Louis isn't the only place to ask silly questions. Georgia, it's hey high U (emphasis on the U). And some areas are really fearful of "outsiders". Every area has it's quirks you might come to love. ;)
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02/15/2012 11:47:00 PM
LMAO at this story. Native St. Louisan's are hardcore about their high schools! As a Catholic convert transplant, I was out in left field. So taking the course as a Catholic, I "should" have gone to Rosati-Kane, except I was a hot chick, so it should have been Nerinx but being holy as I am, I really should have gone to Immaculate Conception. Except yes, I did start drinking at 14 (now that would be Villa?). But taking the non-Catholic route was kind of fun - I ended up at Lutheran North/South, and being a former Lutheran, what could be better! Great article. We're passing it along to all our friends who are super-stressing on where to send their little darlings to high school (and how to pay for it!). :)
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Kf 02/15/2012 11:44:00 PM
Boooo, missing some Schools, like St. Elizabeth and Notre Dame!
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Guest 02/15/2012 11:31:00 PM
You might have been a little focused on yourself to notice, but St. Joe didn't make it either.
The all-girls schools seem to have been pretty well shafted. Except for Immaculate Conception...what?
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02/15/2012 11:26:00 PM
Anyone that grew up in St. Louis understands the reason we ask "Where did you go to high school?"
I remember having a conversation with my husband's Illinois cousin, her daughter and mine were both in 7th grade, I asked her, " I guess you are researching high schools the same as we are?" Se looked at me very puzzeled, and said, "We have two choices, Catholic or Public." Being born and raised in St. Louis, I thought every city had the same number of schools that we do to choose from.
So when we ask Where did you go to high school?" is is only demographics, and often a conversation starter.
Anyone that did not go to high school in St. Louis, should not be intimidated, or recentful of the question, if they understand the vast number of schools we have here in St. Louis to pick from they will understand the question.
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Alh4v4 02/15/2012 11:12:00 PM
It's not working anymore...
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Mary Beth Sales 02/15/2012 10:47:00 PM
Chaminade?!
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Como9669 02/15/2012 10:39:00 PM
I am from the East Coast and only moved to St. Louis because of a job promotion. I can't believe how "small town" St. Louis is. The people here are about as un-worldly as it gets. There is just a general lack of character in the people here. Wow, they are so boring. St. Louis is the ONLY place where people ask "Where did you go to high school?" Trust me, the rest of the country would only be interested in where you went to college, not high school. St. Louis is very far behind the times in EVERYTHING and the people here are not friendly. No one here makes eye contact with anyone else and it's weird. I am embarrassed to live here, but I have no choice. I wish St. Louis people would know that the rest of the country doesn't even know Missouri exists. My friends from back home make fun of me for living here in the middle of nowhere. If only you people were nicer, funnier, and had more interesting personalities, it wouldn't be so bad.
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AlGee 02/15/2012 10:22:00 PM
CBC = Christian Brothers College, CBCHS = Christian Brothers College High School
http://www.cbchs.org/cbchspublic/default.aspx
It says it on their home page.
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02/15/2012 10:06:00 PM
It's not accurate at all. And it's a bit ridiculous when you lump all the city schools together. Whoever put this together really didn't do their research that well. And it goes without saying that it's basically for white people.
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02/15/2012 9:52:00 PM
Aimee, that is HYSTERICAL. And also accurate. ;)
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guest 02/15/2012 9:40:00 PM
Chaminade???
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02/15/2012 9:27:00 PM
You're saying the same thing.
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sam 02/15/2012 9:27:00 PM
John Burroughs a) did not found Burroughs. b) Did not attend Country Day. Check your facts Brice.
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02/15/2012 8:33:00 PM
Are you guys dense? Immaculate Conception is a (kind of lame) pregnancy/virgin birth joke.
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Anon 02/15/2012 8:26:00 PM
Immaculate Conception???
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02/15/2012 8:25:00 PM
Maybe the reason why this was so funny to me is that I did not go to high school in St. Louis. And they did not make fun of Cor Jesu. :)
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02/15/2012 8:13:00 PM
Are you Bosnian? - Yes - Affton
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02/15/2012 7:51:00 PM
Ha, Im Lindbergh but I ended up in the right area on the chart anyway
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Rhyno947 02/15/2012 7:46:00 PM
Thats not true at all. African Americans from Stl ask the question just as frequently
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Havey 02/15/2012 7:43:00 PM
Whoever wrote This do your research. Ursuline and cor Jesu?
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STL alum 02/15/2012 7:28:00 PM
This is missing more than half of the all girl's schools! Cor Jesu, Ursuline, St. Joe's, Notre Dame, Incarnate Word, and St. Elizabeth's. Plus, I've never even heard of Immaculate Conception, where is that? It was a funny flow chart, and I was really looking forward to seeing my alma mater on there, but sadly, it was not included.
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02/15/2012 6:45:00 PM
That flow chart may have been relevant in the 60's and 70's, but not a lot of Gen Y'ers or Gen X'ers grew up with 11 brothers and sisters.
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02/15/2012 6:36:00 PM
This is not a comprehensive flowchart. Disappointed.
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02/15/2012 6:23:00 PM
notre dame?
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John Fogerty 02/15/2012 6:16:00 PM
Or as someone more accurately observed below: when asked by a WHITE person from St. Louis...
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02/15/2012 6:14:00 PM
I like the comment about transplants being shunned. This is so true about St. Louis. I moved here in 1995 and have experienced " being shunned" ( thats putting it mildly ). Over the years I have met many other transplants who left St. Louis because of " being shunned" and who I still keep in touch with and they can't believe I am still here. Everytime I mention this to St. louisians they get offended. I am sure posts that follow will also feel this way.
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Dick 02/15/2012 6:14:00 PM
I live in Chicago now and no one asks that question.
Two datasets based entirely upon the subjective experience of an individual!
You're clearly wrong though.
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CatholicSchoolgirlsRule 02/15/2012 6:12:00 PM
No Ursuline Academy, Notre Dame or Cor Jesu? Did YOU go to high school in St. Louis? Womens' schools, represent!
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John Fogerty 02/15/2012 6:11:00 PM
Uh, no. Regardless of how you phrase the question, the intent when asked by someone from St. Louis (of which I am one) is to find out where you went to HIGH school.
People from out of town respond with their college because they are not familiar with the localism.
