"What high school did you go to?"
It's one of the most frequently uttered sentences in St. Louis — a common ice breaker when two people first meet.
People claim to ask the question for various reasons: It can help discover a mutual friend, it helps quickly assess a new acquaintance's socio-economic status, or it can just be way to further the conversation.
But one thing is certain: We all make some kind of instant judgement when we hear the answer.
We decided to break down some of the good, and definitely not so good, stereotypes that are given to all of these great schools.…