You are not supposed to brag about it on Facebook

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't brag about stuff on facebook, but it is funny the people who do always get lots of positive comments from all the other bragger parents.

You should see the community Facebook group that I belong to. Half of the crap posted is self-promotion or expressions of "Blessings to you, "prayers going up, blah, blah". All women with nothing better to do than trying to impress each other.

This is why I deactivated my account.

I have never looked back.

FB is so childish.

OP, I agree! But I think that if you're that annoyed, you must rid yourself of this FB nonsense!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Confused - how do you not get in to "any" public school? Don't you have a home school? Ours just requires proof of residence.

Magnets:

Language immersion
Highly Gifted Center
Takoma Park MS Math/Science Magnet
Eastern MS Humanities Magnet
Blair Math/Science Magnet
Blair CAP
Richard Montgomery IB

Here in eastern MoCo, getting your kids a good education is all about magnets. By the time college admissions roll around, we will be old pros.

But these are all small programs and of course over years of school. And do people really apply to Blair magnet and CAP? Seems like they are totally different programs requiring very different academic profiles. Would someone really be facebook friends with so many people whose kids got in to these very selective programs this year that they feel the need to post? My DC knows 2 kids from his grade who got in to RM IB, and 2 at Blair Magnet. I am not facebook friends with any of their parents.

Yes, kids can and do get into both.

All of my kids' friends (they are both in magnets) applied to these programs. ALL of them. And we know lots who got in (and who didn't), and I'm FB friends with many of their parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Confused - how do you not get in to "any" public school? Don't you have a home school? Ours just requires proof of residence.

Magnets:

Language immersion
Highly Gifted Center
Takoma Park MS Math/Science Magnet
Eastern MS Humanities Magnet
Blair Math/Science Magnet
Blair CAP
Richard Montgomery IB

Here in eastern MoCo, getting your kids a good education is all about magnets. By the time college admissions roll around, we will be old pros.

But these are all small programs and of course over years of school. And do people really apply to Blair magnet and CAP? Seems like they are totally different programs requiring very different academic profiles. Would someone really be facebook friends with so many people whose kids got in to these very selective programs this year that they feel the need to post? My DC knows 2 kids from his grade who got in to RM IB, and 2 at Blair Magnet. I am not facebook friends with any of their parents.

Yes, kids can and do get into both.

All of my kids' friends (they are both in magnets) applied to these programs. ALL of them. And we know lots who got in (and who didn't), and I'm FB friends with many of their parents.

You obviously know a smarter breed of kid than I do! And a smarter breed that has parents active on facebook.

[Anonymous]

Does your reasoning extend to anything else my kid might do that's exciting? Can I not mention that s/he made a team, or got into an audition-based chorus or show? Am I limited to complaints?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does your reasoning extend to anything else my kid might do that's exciting? Can I not mention that s/he made a team, or got into an audition-based chorus or show? Am I limited to complaints?

Here's the bottom line, PP.

No one really cares.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Confused - how do you not get in to "any" public school? Don't you have a home school? Ours just requires proof of residence.

Magnets:

Language immersion
Highly Gifted Center
Takoma Park MS Math/Science Magnet
Eastern MS Humanities Magnet
Blair Math/Science Magnet
Blair CAP
Richard Montgomery IB

Here in eastern MoCo, getting your kids a good education is all about magnets. By the time college admissions roll around, we will be old pros.

But these are all small programs and of course over years of school. And do people really apply to Blair magnet and CAP? Seems like they are totally different programs requiring very different academic profiles. Would someone really be facebook friends with so many people whose kids got in to these very selective programs this year that they feel the need to post? My DC knows 2 kids from his grade who got in to RM IB, and 2 at Blair Magnet. I am not facebook friends with any of their parents.

Yes, kids can and do get into both.

All of my kids' friends (they are both in magnets) applied to these programs. ALL of them. And we know lots who got in (and who didn't), and I'm FB friends with many of their parents.

You obviously know a smarter breed of kid than I do! And a smarter breed that has parents active on facebook.

Kids in magnets tend to apply to magnets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does your reasoning extend to anything else my kid might do that's exciting? Can I not mention that s/he made a team, or got into an audition-based chorus or show? Am I limited to complaints?

Here's the bottom line, PP.

No one really cares.

Depends on who you have as friends on Facebook. My close friends/family care. I'm genuinely happy/excited when good things happens to my friends.

[Anonymous]

I enjoy Facebook, because it allows me to keep in touch ith friends all over the world. However, it has been a stark reminder that the ethos that I was raised with, that bragging is impolite, is fast fading in the face of "selling oneself" as a cultural value.

[Anonymous]

Also, the "we got in!!! Did you?!?!" texts and emails on the day acceptances arrive (or do't arrive) -- rude and thoughtless.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand the problem with posting stuff on FB. I am happy for my friends when good things happen for their kids. I probably would not contact individual families whose kids were applying to the same places mine were though, like 11:05 is talking about. I would just wait to hear from them if they wanted to say anything.

[Anonymous]

PP, I don't think that the problem is just "posting stuff" but more deals with the types of FB friends you might have who are doing the posting.

Said another way...
Are they always complaining on FB (but hopefully not in real life)?
Or are they documenting every step they take in the day?
Or are they the classic posers (everything is Just Peachy All The Time, when in reality, life isn't peachy.)?

Or maybe you are super lucky and only have normal people as FB friends. (I'm very envious.)

A FB friend/neighbor of mine referenced her child's first communion three times in 24 hours. "Had a special breakfast at school since the First Communion is tomorrow." "Just had practice for the First Communion, which is tomorrow." "The First Communion is TODAY!!" (WOW, I was super happy for that last one because I simply wasn't sure!!!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does your reasoning extend to anything else my kid might do that's exciting? Can I not mention that s/he made a team, or got into an audition-based chorus or show? Am I limited to complaints?

Here's the bottom line, PP.

No one really cares.

Depends on who you have as friends on Facebook. My close friends/family care. I'm genuinely happy/excited when good things happens to my friends.

Then send the damn news out on email and spare the rest of your not-so-close friends and family of the details.

b/c THEY don't care

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP, I don't think that the problem is just "posting stuff" but more deals with the types of FB friends you might have who are doing the posting.

Said another way...
Are they always complaining on FB (but hopefully not in real life)?
Or are they documenting every step they take in the day?
Or are they the classic posers (everything is Just Peachy All The Time, when in reality, life isn't peachy.)?

Or maybe you are super lucky and only have normal people as FB friends. (I'm very envious.)

A FB friend/neighbor of mine referenced her child's first communion three times in 24 hours. "Had a special breakfast at school since the First Communion is tomorrow." "Just had practice for the First Communion, which is tomorrow." "The First Communion is TODAY!!" (WOW, I was super happy for that last one because I simply wasn't sure!!!)

Its a good thing that they don't have a Second Communion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does your reasoning extend to anything else my kid might do that's exciting? Can I not mention that s/he made a team, or got into an audition-based chorus or show? Am I limited to complaints?

Here's the bottom line, PP.

No one really cares.

Depends on who you have as friends on Facebook. My close friends/family care. I'm genuinely happy/excited when good things happens to my friends.

Then send the damn news out on email and spare the rest of your not-so-close friends and family of the details.

b/c THEY don't care

Somehow I think THEY will survive. If they truly don't care then it's pretty easy to scroll right past. Problem solved right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does your reasoning extend to anything else my kid might do that's exciting? Can I not mention that s/he made a team, or got into an audition-based chorus or show? Am I limited to complaints?

Here's the bottom line, PP.

No one really cares.

Depends on who you have as friends on Facebook. My close friends/family care. I'm genuinely happy/excited when good things happens to my friends.

Then send the damn news out on email and spare the rest of your not-so-close friends and family of the details.

b/c THEY don't care

Somehow I think THEY will survive. If they truly don't care then it's pretty easy to scroll right past. Problem solved right?

They'll scroll past, yes, and then unfriend. I've done it. My more-than-annoyed friends have done it. Or, as we've also done, we'll copy the status updates and send them to our non-braggy friends for a good laugh! So sometimes you keep the "friendship" just for kicks.

get it?