Would lie about where you live...

[Anonymous]

Disgusting? That's a pretty funny word for it. Okay though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Very interesting that of all the posts so far, only one person is concerned that it's wrong to teach your children to lie--to the teacher, to friends at school, and on any papers they're asked to complete at school.

Of course we feel that way....you'll find the Kindergarten is unaware of what the parents are doing.

Um . . . no concern for ethical, honest behavior?

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge."
Martin Luther King Jr.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, I would not.

That said, I think it's easy for a lot of DCUMers (including myself) to say that. I understand why people do it.

You understand why it is all right to lie and to teach this to your children? That is amazing. I think that when parents are caught doing this there should be both civil and criminal penalties and parents should have to pay to send their children to public school. Most of us play by the rules and I don't mind paying my taxes to live in my community with excellent schools and support my school system but I do mind cheaters and if I found one, believe me, I would report them.

[Anonymous]

No way. First, I can't imagine encouraging my kids to lie. Second, it's not fair to the people who do live in the community. And most importantly, I don't lie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard from a Yu Ying parent that there are quite of few Yu Ying students who actually live in Maryland. I wonder if that's true for other well-regarded DC charters.

I think YY did a thorough residency check in the summer of 2010, and a lot of the suspect residency kids did not return for the 2010-11 school year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Disgusting? That's a pretty funny word for it. Okay though.

Actually, there's nothing funny about dishonesty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, I would not.

That said, I think it's easy for a lot of DCUMers (including myself) to say that. I understand why people do it.

You understand why it is all right to lie and to teach this to your children? That is amazing. I think that when parents are caught doing this there should be both civil and criminal penalties and parents should have to pay to send their children to public school. Most of us play by the rules and I don't mind paying my taxes to live in my community with excellent schools and support my school system but I do mind cheaters and if I found one, believe me, I would report them.

Chill out. I said I understand why people do it. I realize that you don't have the critical thinking skills to get this, but you can understand things without condoning them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Too risky!
Many counties are starting to hire a "hit squad" that actually go to the homes, during very random times (6am, Tuesday) to make sure that Mary and Bobby really do live there!

City of Falls Church does this.

Oh my word. How pissed would you be to open the door to that? At 6AM no less? I don't answer the door to strangers anyway so they would have a hard time verifying me. That's super annoying. Anyway, I wouldn't do it. Sorry to get sidetracked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, I would not.

That said, I think it's easy for a lot of DCUMers (including myself) to say that. I understand why people do it.

You understand why it is all right to lie and to teach this to your children? That is amazing. I think that when parents are caught doing this there should be both civil and criminal penalties and parents should have to pay to send their children to public school. Most of us play by the rules and I don't mind paying my taxes to live in my community with excellent schools and support my school system but I do mind cheaters and if I found one, believe me, I would report them.

Chill out. I said I understand why people do it. I realize that you don't have the critical thinking skills to get this, but you can understand things without condoning them.

My critical thinking skills do not include understanding or condoning dishonesty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
My critical thinking skills do not include understanding or condoning dishonesty.

Thanks for confirming what I suspected of you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
My critical thinking skills do not include understanding or condoning dishonesty.

Thanks for confirming what I suspected of you.

Even in this small example, you're deceptive in omitting the word "dishonesty," which the poster clearly was referencing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
My critical thinking skills do not include understanding or condoning dishonesty.

Thanks for confirming what I suspected of you.

Even in this small example, you're deceptive in omitting the word "dishonesty," which the poster clearly was referencing.

You both (if you're more than one poster) are really reaching with your hate of dishonesty.

I'm "deceptive" because I omitted a word? Look closer, there were no words of hers that I omitted. I simply put the relevant portion of what she said in bold. The part about her critical thinking skills not permitting her to condone dishonesty is irrelevant, because that is not what I alleged. I said it's obvious that her intelligence is not at a level that she is able to understand a situation without approving it. I suppose I could have put the last word of the sentence in bold as well, but "condoning" had no place in her reply because I never suggested that she should condone it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Disgusting? That's a pretty funny word for it. Okay though.

Actually, there's nothing funny about dishonesty.

Hey Lady Godiva, get off your high horse of Honesty!!

If I knew I would not get caught, I would do it. And if my kids were hungry, and I had no money - I would steal.

And your kids are totally oblivious to the whole thing moron, like they freaking care! Why would you even discuss the school's "boundary" rules with them? that is some stimulating dinner conversation.

[Anonymous]

I find that the prosecutors treated this woman horribly. Her ex husband, the children's father, lived in the zoned school zone. He paid his taxes. Why could the children not use their father's address. The former school chancellor for DCPS used her ex-husband's address to enroll her children into one of the city's better schools. I just think this was overkill by the prosecutor. A felony record, ten days in jail, two years of probation and community service hours. Damn, that's what a person who pushed an old lady down and took her purse would receive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find that the prosecutors treated this woman horribly. Her ex husband, the children's father, lived in the zoned school zone. He paid his taxes. Why could the children not use their father's address. The former school chancellor for DCPS used her ex-husband's address to enroll her children into one of the city's better schools. I just think this was overkill by the prosecutor. A felony record, ten days in jail, two years of probation and community service hours. Damn, that's what a person who pushed an old lady down and took her purse would receive.

Did her kids live with her ex-husband? If not they go the school assisged to their home address. She knew the rules and chose to ignore them.