Pyle or eastern Humanities/communication program?

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Anonymous wrote:OP, Suggest you see if Ms. Goldstein can reach out to families in each of the three grades to see if they can talk to you. She could send everyone in that cluster an email and whoever wants to talk could reply.

The current 8th grade is the only grade with a full year in person. The 7th grade has the most recent information about the full first year and they will still be around if your child goes there. The 6th grade would be important to talk to because they are a lottery class like this year which may impact the curriculum or the student body.

I can't help you with comparing the schools but in my opinion most of the posts are really exaggerated and I think many are probably by Silver Spring parents who are coming from a different place than you. The curriculum is fine but my child would have been fine at their regular school. The hallways and lunches are fine. The admin is great about some things and could improve on others. Some teachers are horrible while others are terrific which again is normal.

This poster is so dismissive, it must be the know-it-all back at it again. You think having your child spat upon, pushed and shoved, and their sweater ripped is "fine"? My kid is strong and moves past these things, but I wouldn't call it "fine" that this sort of stuff happens. Especially getting spat upon during a pandemic (which was very deliberately done).

Sorry this happened, PP, but those kinds of incidents happen at every middle school and your child got unlucky. My child has friends from an activity at two different W schools and they have also talked about bullying and fights at their schools. Were these three separate incidents? Why do you think this is happening to your child? DC has not experienced or seen or heard about anything like this.

You’re a total jerk for this response.

Yeah wow, just wow. There you go again with the child blaming. These were all individual incidents, different kids. I didn't even mention the bully in PE, which is more classic bullying. My child has a great peer group and friends, and the peer group has witnessed these sorts of things too. It's not just my child. My point in mentioning what were individual incidents was to show that these things happen. And no PP, my child didn't "ask for it." You should be ashamed of yourself.

NP. You sound very triggered PP. No one is blaming your child. If you think it's that bad why do you still have your child there?

"Triggered"? Nice try. You said "why do you think this is happening to your child?" And your child has not experienced this. You read between the lines of your not so subtle disparagement. Really I don't why you're so invested in discounting others' experiences. You should take a long look in the mirror at yourself.

I'm the poster at 12:28. I do not at all discount the experiences of your child or your child's friend group. It's clear you feel very strongly about this. Even though my child hasn't experienced it, it doesn't mean it doesn't happen, and who knows, maybe we can both learn from each other. Would you like to go out for a cup of coffee or tea? Is this crazy to suggest on DCUM? We could leave our contact info with Ms. Goldstein so she could connect us. And just so you know, I'm nervous posting this but hope that it's clear that I am posting in good faith.

Nowhere did I discount your own child's experience. The OP asked for feedback, I provided our experience, and then you have systematically (if you're the same poster, which I think you are) belittled that experience, blamed my child, to which yes I do object to when someone engages in that kind of gaslighting. I wouldn't say I have strong opinions about Eastern, I was simply giving my feedback, but I do have strong opinions about you. Maybe you have a warped sense of "good faith" and think you're posting in good faith, but it seems more like you're really invested in quashing any negative experiences or talk about Eastern. Again, my child is happy there because of the peer group and learning opportunities. But there are also issues with the program. It is possible to have a complex perspective on Eastern, and that was the feedback I was giving to OP.

I posted at 12:28 and 13:18. I think my heart just died a little. I was just trying to be supportive. If you ask Jeff, he could look up my ip address. I was being sincere.

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And I was not the poster who suggested you were triggered. I thought your experience was valid as was mine.

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I think there are at least 3-4 posters or more going back and forth. It started with the parent with the child who was bullied attacking someone for posting that they thought the hallways and lunchroom were fine because it did not match her experience.

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Anonymous wrote:I think there are at least 3-4 posters or more going back and forth. It started with the parent with the child who was bullied attacking someone for posting that they thought the hallways and lunchroom were fine because it did not match her experience.

I'm done here, I wasn't attacking anyone. Peace out.