Why do we take it so personally if anything negative is said about "our" school?

[Anonymous]

This whole forum is based on parents' extreme sensitivity about their schools.

I wonder if it is possible for us to all say to ourselves that our school is not perfect, then admit it to someone else.
This is tough because of what we are paying, we have to justify it.
That said, I notice the parents at the less expensive schools seem to be less concerned.

[Anonymous]

Maybe the parents at the less expensive schools feel less invested, or maybe the rivalry is worst at the top.

However, I don't bother to refute a different opinion from mine about my DC's school; it's when someone posts factually incorrect statements about the school that I post a rebuttal. That's not extreme sensitivity about "our" school, for I have also posted rebuttals for schools to which I have no affiliation (and then gotten accused of being a parent at that school or a booster for that school!). I just like to call to account any poster who is posting irresponsibly -- a necessary service to this anonymous forum.

[Anonymous]

My issue is when there are allegations or misrepresentations.

I have no problem with someone stating an opinion about a school or its community, but when those opinion become fact and are propagated as fact, then it is a problem.

[Anonymous]

Not Landon parent here but feel strongly that the Landon posts are being bumped way, way too much. Not a fan of Landon but everything that can be said has been said until there is another development I really wish people would give it a break.

[Anonymous]

There's no doubt a lot of Landon-bashing going on, but some of the Landon-boosters are really inviting it.

[Anonymous]

14:23 here. Some of the things that the ``boosters'' say are so absurd that I think the comments are designed to heat it up.

[Anonymous]

Public school parent here, but I can totally understand the sensitivity. Private school is a huge investment of time, money and emotion. I also think a lot of private school parents are very serious about education. They take a lot of time and invest a lot in making what htey think is the right decision for their children. All of that energy means they are very invested in the school so the hint that it might not be the best stings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Public school parent here, but I can totally understand the sensitivity. Private school is a huge investment of time, money and emotion. I also think a lot of private school parents are very serious about education. They take a lot of time and invest a lot in making what htey think is the right decision for their children. All of that energy means they are very invested in the school so the hint that it might not be the best stings.

ITA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Public school parent here, but I can totally understand the sensitivity. Private school is a huge investment of time, money and emotion. I also think a lot of private school parents are very serious about education. They take a lot of time and invest a lot in making what htey think is the right decision for their children. All of that energy means they are very invested in the school so the hint that it might not be the best stings.

Private-school parent here. I firmly believe that the school we chose is the best for DC -- that's my opnion -- so when someone says it's not the "best" or that some other school is the "best" *without* qualification that it's the best for some children but maybe not for others, gross generalizations like that deserve to get shot down.

[Anonymous]

Exactly. Imagine after paying several thousand or a couple-hundred thousand dollars for your child's private school education and then to hear someone trash the school for its inept teachers or flimsy curriculum, sure could make one feel like a moron.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Exactly. Imagine after paying several thousand or a couple-hundred thousand dollars for your child's private school education and then to hear someone trash the school for its inept teachers or flimsy curriculum, sure could make one feel like a moron.

No, I'm not even talking about posters' statements about specifics like teachers or curriculum. I'm talking about unsupported statements about who's best. There's not one best school for everyone.

[Anonymous]

There are obviously a lot of people who can't afford private school who populate this forum with sour grapes. In fact they may be the posters making outrageous comments about specified private schools, to stir the pot. They don't have a drop-off/pick-up lane in which to be sitting about now.

[Anonymous]

Those posts are the worst. Gives me a bad impression of the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are obviously a lot of people who can't afford private school who populate this forum with sour grapes. In fact they may be the posters making outrageous comments about specified private schools, to stir the pot. They don't have a drop-off/pick-up lane in which to be sitting about now.

Then, there are the posters who are terrified of anyone with a different opinion or experience of their child's school.

[Anonymous]

I can't imagine a more unproductive emotion than to get worked up by an anonymous critic's criticism of my kids school.