Sidwell prom

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People are quick to call us Sidwell parents who pay tuition entitled, what they fail to understand is that by paying $50,000 a year in tuition we are entitled to have an opinion on how that money is spent. This is because we support the school financially and therefore have a right to be a part of (at the very least minor) school decisions (such as where a prom takes place), albeit not necessarily larger decisions such as buying a building despite remaining unable to sell the lower school building for financial reasons. For those struggling to understand this concept, think of it in the same way as to how shareholders have a say in companies they own stocks in. Personally, I have no issue with the prom being held at the gym, growing up in a developing country I was lucky to be able to attend a school at all in a place where the concept of "school dances" was as foreign as I was to this country before immigrating. Additionally, my son has had an amazing time at all the dances held at school and has no issue with the prom being held at the gym. Where I begin to take issue is when the school administration and even children attending the school, according to my son, (children who most certainly are not paying their own tuition I might add) not only disregard my fellow Sidwell parents' opinions but are also rather quick to resort to immaturely (at least to me) calling us Sidwell parents who have worked very hard in our respective fields to afford sending our children to this school names such as "spoiled" or "greedy" for wanting to have a say in our own children's education and lives. Additionally, while I personally have no need to worry about my very responsible son driving drunk or allowing a drunk student to drive him to an after-party, I understand some parents of less responsible children's concern with having prom at school where the kids cannot have an after-party directly upstairs in a hotel but rather have to drive to get to it (as I am sure they will have afterparties after the afterparty held at school), potentially doing so drunk. Is the Sidwell administration's decision to essentially (at least to the best of my understanding) detain students at school for the duration of prom and an additional afterparty an attempt to sober them up before they leave to other "after-afterparties"? Just kidding! But I do find it a little strange that holding prom at the four seasons is suddenly considered ostentatious despite such being the norm and custom for many years. I would hope this decision is not due to recent publications referencing the school as this would, at least in my opinion, demonstrate how the school may care more about how it is perceived by others than listening to the Sidwell parents who pay tuition to support the school. Ultimately, I would personally prefer if the prom was held at the gym with tuition-paying parents being reimbursed for whatever difference in cost results. Unfortunately, we all know this is next to impossible seeing as we tuition-paying Sidwell parents were forced to pay not just full tuition but increased tuition despite our children not receiving lunches or even attending the school at all during virtual and hybrid learning without reimbursement. I believe a large portion of our tuition was likely used to purchase an enormous amount of plexiglass which has since been discarded according to my son due to its tendency to worsen the spread of coronavirus as well as an HVAC ventilation system which does not allow for our children to eat indoors anymore. I was recently informed by my son that children who have cars (we personally do not believe in buying him a car as it is not the same as an education and he is therefore responsible for saving for it), are not even allowed to eat in their own cars alone for some reason and that a senior girl was administered points for doing so, despite (at least in my opinion) eating alone in one's own car not posing a threat in terms of spreading coronavirus. I find this last part especially funny given that I, as a licensed doctor myself, expect many kids to catch colds out in these conditions and therefore be forced to stay home out of fear that their symptoms are the same as those of the coronavirus. Who knows? Perhaps this is an elaborate administration plan to limit the number of kids coming to school to prevent further spread of the virus. Just kidding!

I’m a teacher and there is not enough money in the world for me to teach at this school with these parents.

The post you’re reacting to is obviously from a Sidwell student making fun of this whole thing.

Doesn't read that way at all. That’s not a sidwell kid.

And if you're right, here’s a necessary psa: parents, don’t send your Kids to sidwell, because they certainly won’t learn how to write.

Let me break it down for you: this is written by a Sidwell student, intentionally writing like a deranged parent posting to dcum. Who they are lampooning and laughing at. The reason it is so good is because it “doesn’t read that way at all.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People are quick to call us Sidwell parents who pay tuition entitled, what they fail to understand is that by paying $50,000 a year in tuition we are entitled to have an opinion on how that money is spent. This is because we support the school financially and therefore have a right to be a part of (at the very least minor) school decisions (such as where a prom takes place), albeit not necessarily larger decisions such as buying a building despite remaining unable to sell the lower school building for financial reasons. For those struggling to understand this concept, think of it in the same way as to how shareholders have a say in companies they own stocks in. Personally, I have no issue with the prom being held at the gym, growing up in a developing country I was lucky to be able to attend a school at all in a place where the concept of "school dances" was as foreign as I was to this country before immigrating. Additionally, my son has had an amazing time at all the dances held at school and has no issue with the prom being held at the gym. Where I begin to take issue is when the school administration and even children attending the school, according to my son, (children who most certainly are not paying their own tuition I might add) not only disregard my fellow Sidwell parents' opinions but are also rather quick to resort to immaturely (at least to me) calling us Sidwell parents who have worked very hard in our respective fields to afford sending our children to this school names such as "spoiled" or "greedy" for wanting to have a say in our own children's education and lives. Additionally, while I personally have no need to worry about my very responsible son driving drunk or allowing a drunk student to drive him to an after-party, I understand some parents of less responsible children's concern with having prom at school where the kids cannot have an after-party directly upstairs in a hotel but rather have to drive to get to it (as I am sure they will have afterparties after the afterparty held at school), potentially doing so drunk. Is the Sidwell administration's decision to essentially (at least to the best of my understanding) detain students at school for the duration of prom and an additional afterparty an attempt to sober them up before they leave to other "after-afterparties"? Just kidding! But I do find it a little strange that holding prom at the four seasons is suddenly considered ostentatious despite such being the norm and custom for many years. I would hope this decision is not due to recent publications referencing the school as this would, at least in my opinion, demonstrate how the school may care more about how it is perceived by others than listening to the Sidwell parents who pay tuition to support the school. Ultimately, I would personally prefer if the prom was held at the gym with tuition-paying parents being reimbursed for whatever difference in cost results. Unfortunately, we all know this is next to impossible seeing as we tuition-paying Sidwell parents were forced to pay not just full tuition but increased tuition despite our children not receiving lunches or even attending the school at all during virtual and hybrid learning without reimbursement. I believe a large portion of our tuition was likely used to purchase an enormous amount of plexiglass which has since been discarded according to my son due to its tendency to worsen the spread of coronavirus as well as an HVAC ventilation system which does not allow for our children to eat indoors anymore. I was recently informed by my son that children who have cars (we personally do not believe in buying him a car as it is not the same as an education and he is therefore responsible for saving for it), are not even allowed to eat in their own cars alone for some reason and that a senior girl was administered points for doing so, despite (at least in my opinion) eating alone in one's own car not posing a threat in terms of spreading coronavirus. I find this last part especially funny given that I, as a licensed doctor myself, expect many kids to catch colds out in these conditions and therefore be forced to stay home out of fear that their symptoms are the same as those of the coronavirus. Who knows? Perhaps this is an elaborate administration plan to limit the number of kids coming to school to prevent further spread of the virus. Just kidding!

I’m a teacher and there is not enough money in the world for me to teach at this school with these parents.

The post you’re reacting to is obviously from a Sidwell student making fun of this whole thing.

Doesn't read that way at all. That’s not a sidwell kid.

And if you're right, here’s a necessary psa: parents, don’t send your Kids to sidwell, because they certainly won’t learn how to write.

Let me break it down for you: this is written by a Sidwell student, intentionally writing like a deranged parent posting to dcum. Who they are lampooning and laughing at. The reason it is so good is because it “doesn’t read that way at all.”

If this was really written by a 17 or 18 YO Sidwell student, I'm impressed. The kid has a future in comedy writing.

[Anonymous]

Prom at the school…..the old fashioned way. Love it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People are quick to call us Sidwell parents who pay tuition entitled, what they fail to understand is that by paying $50,000 a year in tuition we are entitled to have an opinion on how that money is spent. This is because we support the school financially and therefore have a right to be a part of (at the very least minor) school decisions (such as where a prom takes place), albeit not necessarily larger decisions such as buying a building despite remaining unable to sell the lower school building for financial reasons. For those struggling to understand this concept, think of it in the same way as to how shareholders have a say in companies they own stocks in. Personally, I have no issue with the prom being held at the gym, growing up in a developing country I was lucky to be able to attend a school at all in a place where the concept of "school dances" was as foreign as I was to this country before immigrating. Additionally, my son has had an amazing time at all the dances held at school and has no issue with the prom being held at the gym. Where I begin to take issue is when the school administration and even children attending the school, according to my son, (children who most certainly are not paying their own tuition I might add) not only disregard my fellow Sidwell parents' opinions but are also rather quick to resort to immaturely (at least to me) calling us Sidwell parents who have worked very hard in our respective fields to afford sending our children to this school names such as "spoiled" or "greedy" for wanting to have a say in our own children's education and lives. Additionally, while I personally have no need to worry about my very responsible son driving drunk or allowing a drunk student to drive him to an after-party, I understand some parents of less responsible children's concern with having prom at school where the kids cannot have an after-party directly upstairs in a hotel but rather have to drive to get to it (as I am sure they will have afterparties after the afterparty held at school), potentially doing so drunk. Is the Sidwell administration's decision to essentially (at least to the best of my understanding) detain students at school for the duration of prom and an additional afterparty an attempt to sober them up before they leave to other "after-afterparties"? Just kidding! But I do find it a little strange that holding prom at the four seasons is suddenly considered ostentatious despite such being the norm and custom for many years. I would hope this decision is not due to recent publications referencing the school as this would, at least in my opinion, demonstrate how the school may care more about how it is perceived by others than listening to the Sidwell parents who pay tuition to support the school. Ultimately, I would personally prefer if the prom was held at the gym with tuition-paying parents being reimbursed for whatever difference in cost results. Unfortunately, we all know this is next to impossible seeing as we tuition-paying Sidwell parents were forced to pay not just full tuition but increased tuition despite our children not receiving lunches or even attending the school at all during virtual and hybrid learning without reimbursement. I believe a large portion of our tuition was likely used to purchase an enormous amount of plexiglass which has since been discarded according to my son due to its tendency to worsen the spread of coronavirus as well as an HVAC ventilation system which does not allow for our children to eat indoors anymore. I was recently informed by my son that children who have cars (we personally do not believe in buying him a car as it is not the same as an education and he is therefore responsible for saving for it), are not even allowed to eat in their own cars alone for some reason and that a senior girl was administered points for doing so, despite (at least in my opinion) eating alone in one's own car not posing a threat in terms of spreading coronavirus. I find this last part especially funny given that I, as a licensed doctor myself, expect many kids to catch colds out in these conditions and therefore be forced to stay home out of fear that their symptoms are the same as those of the coronavirus. Who knows? Perhaps this is an elaborate administration plan to limit the number of kids coming to school to prevent further spread of the virus. Just kidding!

I’m a teacher and there is not enough money in the world for me to teach at this school with these parents.

The post you’re reacting to is obviously from a Sidwell student making fun of this whole thing.

Doesn't read that way at all. That’s not a sidwell kid.

And if you're right, here’s a necessary psa: parents, don’t send your Kids to sidwell, because they certainly won’t learn how to write.

Let me break it down for you: this is written by a Sidwell student, intentionally writing like a deranged parent posting to dcum. Who they are lampooning and laughing at. The reason it is so good is because it “doesn’t read that way at all.”

Let me break it down for you: no one has read this breathless block of text. It would greatly surprise me if the had. I tried out of courtesy but it’s very poorly argued and impossible to follow. So I gave up, although I was just trying to fill time whilst waiting on something. The main point people are making over the successive threads to the OP and her ilk is to stop with the Sidwell threads. It’s counterproductive, largely inaccurate, and reflects poorly on the originators. Most people don’t engage with you or care, but I’ve not lost hope that you might find a modicum of dignity and just cease with the neverending petty grievances.

[Anonymous]

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Let me break it down for you: no one has read this breathless block of text. It would greatly surprise me if the had. I tried out of courtesy but it’s very poorly argued and impossible to follow. So I gave up, although I was just trying to fill time whilst waiting on something. The main point people are making over the successive threads to the OP and her ilk is to stop with the Sidwell threads. It’s counterproductive, largely inaccurate, and reflects poorly on the originators. Most people don’t engage with you or care, but I’ve not lost hope that you might find a modicum of dignity and just cease with the neverending petty grievances.

Which is why it's a spot-on parody of DCUM posts.

[Anonymous]

Why are people congratulating a group of mean spoiled kids with seniority’s for hoodwinking a bunch of complaining, idiotic parents? Just curious. Or maybe the kids and the parents are related. Just a thought.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are people congratulating a group of mean spoiled kids with seniority’s for hoodwinking a bunch of complaining, idiotic parents? Just curious. Or maybe the kids and the parents are related. Just a thought.

Some people can laugh at themselves, PP. You should lighten up and try it sometime.

[Anonymous]

Prom at school is fine, but they are doing it inside "on the track" above the gym---this is not the nice set up for Night For Scholars, it is literally on the track. pretty lame.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Prom at school is fine, but they are doing it inside "on the track" above the gym---this is not the nice set up for Night For Scholars, it is literally on the track. pretty lame.

My prom was in the school gym where they didn’t even bother to raise the basketball hoops and yet my classmates and I all managed to persevere despite these horrid 3rd-world conditions. One friend did momentarily feel faint when he found out we had disposable napkins and not the nice linen ones, but he’s since made a full recovery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are people congratulating a group of mean spoiled kids with seniority’s for hoodwinking a bunch of complaining, idiotic parents? Just curious. Or maybe the kids and the parents are related. Just a thought.

Some people can laugh at themselves, PP. You should lighten up and try it sometime.

+1000

People lack a sense of humor around here

[Anonymous]

Former Sidwell parent here.

The real issue is not whether the prom is at a hotel or in the gym. The issue is the administration making decisions without soliciting any feedback from parents or students which is their modus operandi. They are a tiresome lot with a smug "I'm smarter than everyone else" HOS. The lack of transparency has created a lot of unnecessary resentment among the school community. We had a kid graduate from another school and we still make small annual gifts. Sidwell gets nothing from us. Again, its not the amount that is at stake (its small) but the residual feeling we have towards the school. And we know we are not the only ones feeling this way.

[Anonymous]

How can anyone complain when the campus features a beautifully simple meeting room with reclaimed barn wood?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Former Sidwell parent here.

The real issue is not whether the prom is at a hotel or in the gym. The issue is the administration making decisions without soliciting any feedback from parents or students which is their modus operandi. They are a tiresome lot with a smug "I'm smarter than everyone else" HOS. The lack of transparency has created a lot of unnecessary resentment among the school community. We had a kid graduate from another school and we still make small annual gifts. Sidwell gets nothing from us. Again, its not the amount that is at stake (its small) but the residual feeling we have towards the school. And we know we are not the only ones feeling this way.

+1

[Anonymous]

I can’t escape the conclusion that these anti-admin SFS threads are too stupid for me to understand. With all the good grace, I tried, but the only explanation seems to be that the OPs of these threads are petty, insecure and grinding some sort of personal axe over and over again

Giving them any more air is counterproductive. Disagree with this tiny group at your peril — you’ll get called a liberal, basement-dweller, teacher, administrator or starry eyed. That right there says far more about the OP & Co than a reasonable parent or an independent observer ever could

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How can anyone complain when the campus features a beautifully simple meeting room with reclaimed barn wood?

Case in point on the “hearts and minds” of these few. Eew.