Clair, now a sophomore at Bard, another selective high school.

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Wattendorf, a senior at Northern Virginia's super-selective Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, stood before prospective members of its Black Student Union in the fall and introduced himself as the club's president.

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The comparison doesn't sit well with the British student, who's currently in Year 8 at Colchester County high school, a selective girl's grammar school in Essex, England.

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Others lament that the decision seems to be written for a high-brow rather than a high-school audience, and selective quotation apart leaves great potential for misunderstanding and dispute.

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