If DS doesn't get into the two private preK schools we applied to...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Try the Private and Independent School Forum, OP. General Parenting does not allow anything to be said against daycare or public school. All daycare is great!

+ 1 Ignore the silly haters, OP. They are so threatened if you ever question daycare in general.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We tried to get my DD into parochial school from a Bright Horizons and she was rejected. Yes, I do blame the daycare in part.

It is not about getting a child into HYPS for college. It is about wanting the best education for your child.

For what? I SAH with mine but I can't imagine my toddlers were better behaved than yours. We got in off the wait list because someone moved, not because of my parenting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We tried to get my DD into parochial school from a Bright Horizons and she was rejected. Yes, I do blame the daycare in part.

It is not about getting a child into HYPS for college. It is about wanting the best education for your child.

Why do you blame BH? What do you think would have given her a better shot at admission?

[Anonymous]

I don’t know how the DC scene differs, but in NYC lots of kids get into fancy K programs from public pre-ks. And get into high end private pre-ks from daycares of all types, including in home daycares, low-key conmunity programs, etc.

Mostly admission hinges on: Can you pay full tuition? Do you seem like a PITA family? Is your kid well-behaved and do they follow directions in the “interview”? Are there a lot of spots going to siblings this year?

[Anonymous]

OP so it's BH fault if your kid doesn't get in? Don't teach your child that it's someone else's fault when he doesn't succeed. Why didn't YOU ask the question about where the kids go on to when you registered him at BH?
You sound like a PITA.

[Anonymous]

Oh my, your day care has literally nothing to do with this. Nothing at all. Also, your child's abilities have nothing to do with this either, unless your child needs to be in a special program. The "test" is purely screening for disabilities the school can't handle. Beyond that it is all about you and how much space they have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP again - why the hostility?! There are definite "feeder schools" - why would daycare be any different?

If you care this much why didn't you look into getting him into a "feeder" day care?

[Anonymous]

jesus OP you are terrible and have horrible values. ps I am pretty sure my child's public K far outstrips privates in terms of the quality of instruction and teacher qualifications.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We tried to get my DD into parochial school from a Bright Horizons and she was rejected. Yes, I do blame the daycare in part.

It is not about getting a child into HYPS for college. It is about wanting the best education for your child.

Why do you blame BH? What do you think would have given her a better shot at admission?

I think an actual preschool, not a daycare, would have been better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:jesus OP you are terrible and have horrible values. ps I am pretty sure my child's public K far outstrips privates in terms of the quality of instruction and teacher qualifications.

Did you attend public school, PP? Because that would explain a lot about your post.

[Anonymous]

I wish I could have sent my son to a better preschool, too, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:jesus OP you are terrible and have horrible values. ps I am pretty sure my child's public K far outstrips privates in terms of the quality of instruction and teacher qualifications.

Did you attend public school, PP? Because that would explain a lot about your post.

There are good and bad public and private schools. We all know that.

[Anonymous]

Wait!! There are feeder schools for Pre-K??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We tried to get my DD into parochial school from a Bright Horizons and she was rejected. Yes, I do blame the daycare in part.

It is not about getting a child into HYPS for college. It is about wanting the best education for your child.

Why do you blame BH? What do you think would have given her a better shot at admission?

I think an actual preschool, not a daycare, would have been better.

We are completely comfortable that our "daycare" (which has a preschool program for kids that age, so is really indistinguishable from a "preschool" other than the extended hours) is preparing our son for K, whether public or private, something we haven't decided on.

It is play based, but they are teaching them all sorts of things and skills. For example, last week they were learning about states of matter (liquids, gases, solids) at levels of detail I was shocked about. They have also started a program "interviewing" classmates (favorite food, color, etc) to gain confidence in public speaking.

There are good and bad preschools and good and bad "daycares," but it is misguided to assume a preschool program in a daycare is necessarily inferior to a stand alone preschool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:... is the the fault (in part) of his daycare? He has been going to this national (Bright Horizons) daycare center since he was two and they do have an accredited preschool. However, none of the children in his class are going or applying to private school and I just found out that few from this daycare center ever have gone into private school.

DS had his assessment (I wasn't in the room) and we had our interview as a family (so the reason for his rejection could always be DH and me). We have always tried to do interesting things for him on the weekends and read to him every night.

You cannot blame the day care. It’s more of a reflection on the parents. And as you know, if you don’t get into the right preschool, the path to Harvard will contain many obstacles, most of which are insurmountable.