Petty incident or detail that turned you off a school?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am a minority and all of the girls who are the same race as me and DD had this annoying trending hairstyle that I cannot stand. This actually became our litmus test as we visited all of the all girls schools that were on her list.

This PP gets it! That is really petty and shallow and I’m here for it.

You have to tell us what hairstyle. My Asian DD is keeping careful track of all the girls who have dyed hair under their ponytails as part of her lobbying efforts for the same.

It is the “baby hair” trend. 🤮

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a minority and all of the girls who are the same race as me and DD had this annoying trending hairstyle that I cannot stand. This actually became our litmus test as we visited all of the all girls schools that were on her list.

This PP gets it! That is really petty and shallow and I’m here for it.

You have to tell us what hairstyle. My Asian DD is keeping careful track of all the girls who have dyed hair under their ponytails as part of her lobbying efforts for the same.

It is the “baby hair” trend. 🤮

Ah of course. My DD’s gymnastics squad of all ethnicities begged to do fancy edges for comp season and the coaches shot them down. It’s polarizing!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here’s a petty one: I hate the font of our school. All three of my kids went/go there, and we otherwise love the school, but ten years on I still hate that stupid font.

Now, that's petty. Understandable. But also petty. What font is it?

I don’t want to say the exact one, but it’s one of the ones that we all know and so it therefore seems…undignified.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was highly turned off by snobs at open house events and places where no other parents talked to me at acceptance events.

I volunteer for those types of events and make it a point to not stand around talking to the other volunteer parents. So rude to prospective families. That would be a turn off for me as well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s a petty one: I hate the font of our school. All three of my kids went/go there, and we otherwise love the school, but ten years on I still hate that stupid font.

Now, that's petty. Understandable. But also petty. What font is it?

I don’t want to say the exact one, but it’s one of the ones that we all know and so it therefore seems…undignified.

Ooooh. If it’s the one I’m thinking of, the font gives off church preschool vibes.

[Anonymous]

Too much decaf, not enough regular coffee. The coffee thing has happened 2x! Don’t make me look like a fool trying to get regular coffee out of an empty urn at 9 am on a Saturday. No one’s going to ask for more so you have to pretend you really wanted decaf so you don’t have to walk away from the table with an empty cup.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s a petty one: I hate the font of our school. All three of my kids went/go there, and we otherwise love the school, but ten years on I still hate that stupid font.

Now, that's petty. Understandable. But also petty. What font is it?

I don’t want to say the exact one, but it’s one of the ones that we all know and so it therefore seems…undignified.

Comic Sans?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That says more about your feelings around bodies and religion than it does about the school.

We thought it was funny. We got in the school after the tour and my kids first question was “do they cut the p3nis?”…not what we were expecting after a school tour. As mentioned, it didn’t effect our opinion of the school. I do think it’s an odd topic for a visiting day though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Saw explicit instructions teaching children to read using 3-cueing on a 1st grade class whiteboard. Said nothing, but that was a total deal-breaker.

+1 yuck. And lazy teaching.

+100

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here’s a petty one: I hate the font of our school. All three of my kids went/go there, and we otherwise love the school, but ten years on I still hate that stupid font.

I hate the font of my alma mater. I buy multiples of things when they sell gear in an alternative font!

Despise our school's font. It's so petty and I feel incredibly validated others pay attention to this. Still love the school though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't like the school mascot animal.

Bug, gastropod or amphibian?

[Anonymous]

Too many mom volunteers in Tory Burch shoes

I felt like I’d need to drop a few thousand dollars on shoes to go to pickup

[Anonymous]

During the tour I noticed a typo on a teacher’s bulletin board. I’m not sure that’s petty, but it was an instant turnoff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s a petty one: I hate the font of our school. All three of my kids went/go there, and we otherwise love the school, but ten years on I still hate that stupid font.

Now, that's petty. Understandable. But also petty. What font is it?

I don’t want to say the exact one, but it’s one of the ones that we all know and so it therefore seems…undignified.

Comic Sans?

Papyrus!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1. When we were on a tour with the admission director of Holton for upper school, she came across a student and had her speak about her experience at Holton and student sized my DD up and down before proceeding with an answer.

2. While at open house last year at Georgetown Prep, volunteer parents were more interested in talking to people they knew than in helping a future family. Truly felt like I was an outsider in a country club.

On 2, it's because you weren't a future family. GP IS a country club, and they want it that way. If you had gotten in, it would have been in spite of the way that community likes to "expand," not because of it.