Janney Principal politely scolding parents...RANT

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:YIKES!

I'm as saddened and disappointed as the rest of you, my fellow EMTs and ER Docs, but this patient is dead. Alas, it gave up its spirit a few pages ago.

If anyone would care to present (real or psychotic!) an imaginary crisis** please do. And please do it soon! DCUM is about to be so much less fun otherwise.

**"Imaginary crisis" - these are otherwise known as "rich people's problems." For example, if the following are your ideas of the problems in your life? You clearly feel the need to make shit up, because you have been so privileged, for so long, that you have no idea what an actual problem looks like.

I can't park where I want to for a 10 minute interval because it's illegal. And if I do? I get a parking ticket!

I bought a house that is so expensive that I can't afford private school, but yet I hate the local public school. I deserve another option!

My child can't eat peanuts, but I can't bring myself to teach him about his own allergies and develop a sense of responsibility or ownership for his health. Instead, the rest of the world must stop eating peanuts, just in case he might stroll by.

U had me until u brought up the peanuts. IMHO, the pro-peanut crowd at Janney is crazier and generates more of an "imaginary crisis" than the anti-peanut contingent.

I wouldn't have put it out there, if I weren't the parent of a child with an EpiPen. In the long run, I'm not protecting him by allowing him to wander through the world expecting the environment to adapt to him. He knows and understands his allergies. Oh - and he's 3 y.o. btw, so hardly an experienced advocate, yet he can speak up and say "I can't eat that, I have allergies." We're neither of us geniuses, I promise.

It's a matter of perspective. Some people adapt to the world, and others expect the world to adapt to them. This second group needs to re-visit a high school biology text on natural selection.

Pure idiocy. Not all four- and five-year olds can police their own allergies. Glad you have a superior child...

[Anonymous]

The cops on Albemarle are extremely overzealous. We live across from the school and often meander through the Janney traffic (our kids are not at Janney yet). Ive notice a lot of eager cops sitting around looking for a "parent type" person to scold/confront even as the Fed Ex truck sits blocking the cross walk and half the street right in front of them. She probably did get targeted that day which lead to her overall frustration with the school. (Dont even get me started on the security guards...what a joke!) Again, not a parent, just a daily observer with two toddlers who frequent the playground.

[Anonymous]

Janney is a great school but seem to attract some parents who are either worried/concerned about no eye candy - the weird toe shoe guy included, or the parking zealots or the principal.

[Anonymous]

PP just summarized 50+ pages of Janney threads in one sentence. Kudos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP just summarized 50+ pages of Janney threads in one sentence. Kudos.

19:11 writes poorly.

[Anonymous]

Well yes she does, and I think Weird Toe Shoe Guy is actually kind of cute, but she did distill a lot into a little.

[Anonymous]

LOL.

[Anonymous]

I can see why the OP is frustrated. And parking a few blocks away is inconvenient in the morning. You're already in the thick of rush hour traffic and every extra minute seems to matter. So an extra 10 mins at Janney can add another more time to the rest of your commute and she has another drop off. Who the hell factors in before care when planning to have kids? And its not a big enough reason to stop at 2 kids. If one child is older, they probably all were at Janney at one point and this wasn't an issue.

[Anonymous]

^^^clearly i didnt prrofread