Any Stern Teachers at the Big 3??

[Anonymous]

I was off DCUM for a few days and now that I'm back, I stunned to see this thread is still going strong and it's even nuttier!

I love that the bad tone of this thread, including OP's own bad behavior, is all down to "non Big 3 parents" because they apparently don't have the class or breeding to hide their jealousy or to comport themselves with the dignity that Big 3 parents exhibit without exception. Also, I can't help appreciating OP's statement that non Big 3 parents are useless because they only want to "defend" their schools. Why -- because OP thinks the non Big 3 schools have stern teachers and the Big 3 don't? Or because she thinks parents with kids who can't make it into Big 3 schools need stern teachers to deal with their unruly brats? The assumptions behind OP's latest post have made my day.

But what takes the prize is that OP doesn't even live in the area, so this is all THEORETICAL!

[Anonymous]

Could OP be at Potomac? She lumps Potomac and Maret in with the Big 3 in her 9/22 post. It would be consistent with her statement that she lives too far toactually go to a Big 3.

Then I pity Potomac....

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous Your 'principal'? I didn't think the head of schools at schools like Potomac, Sidwell, Maret, etc..were called 'principals.' As a teacher of the big 3 schools you should know that. So muchof how you communicate belies your assertion that you are a teacher at one of the big 3. Qualified, education teachers do not communicate this way: "Please understand that my principal and I would have had a LONG talk about you and decided that you were crazy. And I wouldn't go out of my way to do favors for you. Period."

This discussion is closed because it's very clear to me that those responding now with the rudeness are the real trolls, out for blood to defend their parenting or their schools or their tolerance of their schools. I feel really sorry for you. To have this much venom to spew and try so hard to detract from my original question reveals much about your level of anger. And the sad part about it I doubt you can be rehabilitated.

Actually DC's school is wonderful. Think of all the schools you know that have a tuition of $25,000 or more that are top schools in the DC metro area. It might be one of the ones I already mentioned, because thats where he goes. This was one brand new teacher who messed up one time. We are certain it will not happen again.

Hmmm, our DC are at a Big 3: there is a head of school AND a principal. And yes, the PP, who is a teacher at a Big 3, would discuss your case with the principal, not the head of school. Well, more aptly, they would laugh about your case.

Sidwell, GDS, and Maret do not have principals as far as I know. What school are you referring to? Norwood has a principal but it's not a big 3.

[Anonymous]

Sidwell and GDS have heads of schools and principals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:[quote=Anonymous Your 'principal'? I didn't think the head of schools at schools like Potomac, Sidwell, Maret, etc..were called 'principals.' As a teacher of the big 3 schools you should know that. So muchof how you communicate belies your assertion that you are a teacher at one of the big 3. Qualified, education teachers do not communicate this way: "Please understand that my principal and I would have had a LONG talk about you and decided that you were crazy. And I wouldn't go out of my way to do favors for you. Period."

This discussion is closed because it's very clear to me that those responding now with the rudeness are the real trolls, out for blood to defend their parenting or their schools or their tolerance of their schools. I feel really sorry for you. To have this much venom to spew and try so hard to detract from my original question reveals much about your level of anger. And the sad part about it I doubt you can be rehabilitated.

Actually DC's school is wonderful. Think of all the schools you know that have a tuition of $25,000 or more that are top schools in the DC metro area. It might be one of the ones I already mentioned, because thats where he goes. This was one brand new teacher who messed up one time. We are certain it will not happen again.

Hmmm, our DC are at a Big 3: there is a head of school AND a principal. And yes, the PP, who is a teacher at a Big 3, would discuss your case with the principal, not the head of school. Well, more aptly, they would laugh about your case.

Sidwell, GDS, and Maret do not have principals as far as I know. What school are you referring to? Norwood has a principal but it's not a big 3.

Oh my, I better call GDS and tell them that the Lower School principal, who greeted my children today at drop-off, is an imposter. Oh no!

[Anonymous]

And you know she's an imposter because you read it in an anonymous internet post!

[Anonymous]

What or who are you then?

[Anonymous]

I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us -don't tell!
They'd banish us, you know.

How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!

[Anonymous]

Got it. You're an imposter!

[Anonymous]

Yes, I'm pretending to be nobody when, in fact, I'm Emily Dickinson, LOL!

[Anonymous]

Wow, it's like The Secret Agent where the stationery store appears to be a front for the pornographer when, in fact, the pornographer is just a front for the anarchist cell.