Mt. Hebron is a classic suburban high school. In a well-to-do but certainly not “rich” area of the country, Howard County, Mt. Hebron is generally viewed as a high school which caters to families with the means to send their children to private schools yet for whatever reason enjoy the stability and community of a local public high school.
Mt. Hebron students, put simply, aren’t cultured. Most have lived relatively stable and nice upbringings but have never experienced different cultures or beliefs. This occurs for many reasons. One, parents of Hebron students generally aren’t from elite backgrounds. They followed the rules of the game to moderate success and are complacent with their lifestyles. Most never travel abroad or for that matter travel anywhere outside of the Eastern beaches.
Two, Hebron students expect success yet do not understand what it means to be successful outside of the “Hebron paradigm.” For example, most Hebron student accept doing ok in school (aka getting good grades in honors courses), which leads them to state colleges. Henceforth, they expect that they will live the lives of their parents and friends in Ellicott City. While holy untrue for most part, this myopic view isn’t there fault; it has been ingrained in them throughout childhood in Howard County.
Many Hebron students, as in almost all public high schools, don’t reach any level of academic success and end up in community colleges. These students tend to hang around the Hebron scene for years, partying nights away, going to school part-time, and working at dead-end jobs on the side. Unfortunately, the realities of life usually hit them soon enough; a fifteen dollar per hour job isn’t going to buy you the average $300,000 rancher in Ellicott City. They realize that they wasted their opportunity at Hebron to be successful.
Three, Hebron students don’t understand real privilege. Most Hebron students believe that everyone is the same, which is a great utopian way of viewing the world. The commonly held view is that everyone that goes to Hebron has a car, has two parents, and will be ok in life. While it was nice to think from that perspective during high school, the reality of class and difference hits quickly after Hebron. Since nearly everyone at Hebron has a decent floor of family income, class realities are blurred. Only if one goes to an elite college and sees what it means to be from money and understand the power and prestige that comes from it will a Hebron student understand the fallacy of their beliefs about Hebron, the complacency with which they lived there high school years, and the absurdity that all students will end up ok just because they lived in Howard County and went to Hebron.
While Hebron was a great place to attend high school, it isn’t the utopia that many believe it is. And finally, to the first observer, who talked about how “cool” the lacrosse team is, I have one point. Very few Hebron lacrosse players, especially on the men’s team (which isn’t all that good to be honest), will become elite actors in America, not to mention on a world level. They have neither intellectual acumen nor the social skills (cultural capital) to interact with important actors in the elite world.
If someone would like to respond to any of my points, I would be happy to engage them.
Additionally- my views are of the Hebron from which I graduated.
Mt. Hebron students, put simply, aren’t cultured. Most have lived relatively stable and nice upbringings but have never experienced different cultures or beliefs. This occurs for many reasons. One, parents of Hebron students generally aren’t from elite backgrounds. They followed the rules of the game to moderate success and are complacent with their lifestyles. Most never travel abroad or for that matter travel anywhere outside of the Eastern beaches.
Two, Hebron students expect success yet do not understand what it means to be successful outside of the “Hebron paradigm.” For example, most Hebron student accept doing ok in school (aka getting good grades in honors courses), which leads them to state colleges. Henceforth, they expect that they will live the lives of their parents and friends in Ellicott City. While holy untrue for most part, this myopic view isn’t there fault; it has been ingrained in them throughout childhood in Howard County.
Many Hebron students, as in almost all public high schools, don’t reach any level of academic success and end up in community colleges. These students tend to hang around the Hebron scene for years, partying nights away, going to school part-time, and working at dead-end jobs on the side. Unfortunately, the realities of life usually hit them soon enough; a fifteen dollar per hour job isn’t going to buy you the average $300,000 rancher in Ellicott City. They realize that they wasted their opportunity at Hebron to be successful.
Three, Hebron students don’t understand real privilege. Most Hebron students believe that everyone is the same, which is a great utopian way of viewing the world. The commonly held view is that everyone that goes to Hebron has a car, has two parents, and will be ok in life. While it was nice to think from that perspective during high school, the reality of class and difference hits quickly after Hebron. Since nearly everyone at Hebron has a decent floor of family income, class realities are blurred. Only if one goes to an elite college and sees what it means to be from money and understand the power and prestige that comes from it will a Hebron student understand the fallacy of their beliefs about Hebron, the complacency with which they lived there high school years, and the absurdity that all students will end up ok just because they lived in Howard County and went to Hebron.
While Hebron was a great place to attend high school, it isn’t the utopia that many believe it is. And finally, to the first observer, who talked about how “cool” the lacrosse team is, I have one point. Very few Hebron lacrosse players, especially on the men’s team (which isn’t all that good to be honest), will become elite actors in America, not to mention on a world level. They have neither intellectual acumen nor the social skills (cultural capital) to interact with important actors in the elite world.
If someone would like to respond to any of my points, I would be happy to engage them.
Additionally- my views are of the Hebron from which I graduated.
MTH Dude: I went to Mount Hebron, Towson, and am now pounding beers on my friend's parent's deck.
MTH Dude 2: Your story is the same as the rest of our friends. Now shotgun that shit.
MTH Dude 2: Your story is the same as the rest of our friends. Now shotgun that shit.
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Get the mount pleasant mug.Look around and realize that as much as it may seem otherwise, you are indeed at a college. Binge drinking does and will occur. Hook ups and fucking will occur. Drugs will be used. Just because its a catholic school does not mean that every fucking person here is a priest in training. If you have a problem with any of that you've obviously been too sheltered your whole fucking life and need to get the fuck out of here and live with your fucking parents. Take a trip to any other college and tell me the same shit doesn't go on. In fact, i'll put money on the fact that it occurs even more. It's called college. No other time in your life will you have ass living right next to you, basically asking to be fucked. So shut the fuck up. If you came here expecting to be just as sheltered as youve been the rest of your whole life then either get the fuck out or join the seminary.If you really wanna complain, please direct your whining and bullshit towards our wonderful president. And by wonderful i mean fucking horrible. That shitbag has done nothing but cause problems. Athletic teams are cocky. Get over it, its the same everywhere else but they get a shitload more privileges than they get here so relax.
I am in no way shape or form saying this place is a nice place to be. It sucks. That much is painfully obvious. But youre complaining for all the wrong reasons. You're complaining about the things that are at every college. Youre complaining about the things that you try to get away from your whole life but never can. Face it assholes, there are cliques everywhere, be it high school, college or your fucking office full of goddamn cubicles. Get the fuck over it. You'd think by now since all of your self-righteous assholes are so much more mature than the rest of the college that it would just be water under the fucking bridge. Jesus christ, wipe the fucking sand out of your goddamn vaginas and shut the fuck up.
So here's a tip. Worry about your own fucking problems. And if you can't concentrate on your own shit because of a drunk asshole on your hall then do something about it. Tell them to shut the fuck up. But for Gods sake, dont come on the fucking internet and complain about specific people because they at least trying to make the best out of this shithole. You have the rest of your life to be an uptight asshole.
Go to any college in the fucking country and find me a campus that doesnt have a shitload of people that that get high, shitfaced, belligerant, obnoxious, annoying, throw up...the list goes on and on faggots. Just cause you came here with a completely skewed dillusional point of view about college dont come here and whine about every little thing that irks you.
The girls are gonna be stuck up. The guys are gonna be assholes and try and get the girls drunk and hook up with them. You might even get GHB'd and if you do then maybe next time make your own fucking drink. The holier-than-thou people here will constantly think they're better than you, and chances are they are. Find solace in the fact that their aren't fraternities here. You're only here for four years so graduate and get out, no big deal. I'm just sick of people acting like this is the only place where people drink their faces off. Quit being so fucking uptight. If you want to complain about wasted money, that's at least something valid. How bout our reverred presidents christmas arches at x-mass time that were put up just in time for people to drive under them as they left for break. Or the nativity scene that looked like a white trash fun house. Note: The field that the athletic teams are trying to get together was and is funded by mostly all outside alumnus and donations.
White kids act hard wherever you go, thats no new revelation and its certainly not distinct to this campus. People play loud music in their cars or in their dorms, so dont listen or get over it. Nothings gonna change. There are nerds, jocks, sluts, preps, tough guys, god-squads, sketchballs and there always have been. Thats life, move on and dont bother anyone else. Relax, because the person that is talking shit about you is probably being talked about behind their back just as much. If it seems like im trying to come off better than you its cause i am.
If you honestly have a major problem with the way things are here, then for Gods sake transfer. I'm sure there are plenty of other places that are much much cheaper than this place . AS far as i see it, youre payin 30 thousand to complain about all the things you shouldnt be complaining about. Jesus, just move off campus, its not that complicated. You act like kids partying on the weekend is a rarity. If i seem to be venting on that certain issue its cause it just baffles me that you people are so fucking dumb. It's four years where you have free reign to get sloshed and its not a big deal to anyone else. So either join in or quit complaining
Quit worrying about other peoples shit and just move on with your own life. You have all your life to be up uptight asshole, dont try and bring me down just cause your life didnt turn out the way you wanted.
All im tryin to say is, please, shut the fuck up. There is plenty to complain about with this school that you're completely missing. This place is so assbackwards i can hardly believe it.
So just suck a dick and shut the fuck up, maybe youll get lucky,choke and end your miserable miserable existence here.
I am in no way shape or form saying this place is a nice place to be. It sucks. That much is painfully obvious. But youre complaining for all the wrong reasons. You're complaining about the things that are at every college. Youre complaining about the things that you try to get away from your whole life but never can. Face it assholes, there are cliques everywhere, be it high school, college or your fucking office full of goddamn cubicles. Get the fuck over it. You'd think by now since all of your self-righteous assholes are so much more mature than the rest of the college that it would just be water under the fucking bridge. Jesus christ, wipe the fucking sand out of your goddamn vaginas and shut the fuck up.
So here's a tip. Worry about your own fucking problems. And if you can't concentrate on your own shit because of a drunk asshole on your hall then do something about it. Tell them to shut the fuck up. But for Gods sake, dont come on the fucking internet and complain about specific people because they at least trying to make the best out of this shithole. You have the rest of your life to be an uptight asshole.
Go to any college in the fucking country and find me a campus that doesnt have a shitload of people that that get high, shitfaced, belligerant, obnoxious, annoying, throw up...the list goes on and on faggots. Just cause you came here with a completely skewed dillusional point of view about college dont come here and whine about every little thing that irks you.
The girls are gonna be stuck up. The guys are gonna be assholes and try and get the girls drunk and hook up with them. You might even get GHB'd and if you do then maybe next time make your own fucking drink. The holier-than-thou people here will constantly think they're better than you, and chances are they are. Find solace in the fact that their aren't fraternities here. You're only here for four years so graduate and get out, no big deal. I'm just sick of people acting like this is the only place where people drink their faces off. Quit being so fucking uptight. If you want to complain about wasted money, that's at least something valid. How bout our reverred presidents christmas arches at x-mass time that were put up just in time for people to drive under them as they left for break. Or the nativity scene that looked like a white trash fun house. Note: The field that the athletic teams are trying to get together was and is funded by mostly all outside alumnus and donations.
White kids act hard wherever you go, thats no new revelation and its certainly not distinct to this campus. People play loud music in their cars or in their dorms, so dont listen or get over it. Nothings gonna change. There are nerds, jocks, sluts, preps, tough guys, god-squads, sketchballs and there always have been. Thats life, move on and dont bother anyone else. Relax, because the person that is talking shit about you is probably being talked about behind their back just as much. If it seems like im trying to come off better than you its cause i am.
If you honestly have a major problem with the way things are here, then for Gods sake transfer. I'm sure there are plenty of other places that are much much cheaper than this place . AS far as i see it, youre payin 30 thousand to complain about all the things you shouldnt be complaining about. Jesus, just move off campus, its not that complicated. You act like kids partying on the weekend is a rarity. If i seem to be venting on that certain issue its cause it just baffles me that you people are so fucking dumb. It's four years where you have free reign to get sloshed and its not a big deal to anyone else. So either join in or quit complaining
Quit worrying about other peoples shit and just move on with your own life. You have all your life to be up uptight asshole, dont try and bring me down just cause your life didnt turn out the way you wanted.
All im tryin to say is, please, shut the fuck up. There is plenty to complain about with this school that you're completely missing. This place is so assbackwards i can hardly believe it.
So just suck a dick and shut the fuck up, maybe youll get lucky,choke and end your miserable miserable existence here.
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Person 1: I met the most-faggoty girl today
Person 2: what school is she from?
Person 1: somewhere in africa on like a hill or something
Person 2: oh! you mean mount assisi!!
Person 1: yeah!!!!!! but like i heard rawntay and michtellay go there...they're so cool mayne
Person 2: i know dude.
PErson 1: i wanna be like them
Person 2: what school is she from?
Person 1: somewhere in africa on like a hill or something
Person 2: oh! you mean mount assisi!!
Person 1: yeah!!!!!! but like i heard rawntay and michtellay go there...they're so cool mayne
Person 2: i know dude.
PErson 1: i wanna be like them
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I partied in Mount Greenwood yesturday and it was gnarly becasue we got crunk,rocked out and fought the black kids.
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Have you read the papers? Mount Union won another national championship. Once again they played Wisconsin-Whitewater in the Stagg Bowl.
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