Thinking of sending my white child to Banneker

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: If it involves less focus on attraction to/from the opposite sex and less interest in that sort of "coolness"

Very interesting implied belief that your white child won't be attracted/attractive to black members of the opposite sex. I'm trying hard not to troll...In seriousness, I would (a) reconsider that belief, and then (b) consider how you would react if your child goes to Banneker and is attracted/attractive to black teenagers, and (c) consider how you would react if your child DOESN'T go to Banneker and is attracted to black teenagers.

I'm assuming that OP means that the academic focus means that "coolness" and dating aren't the kids #1 interests.

Yeah, I think she means, she is looking for a geekier crowd.

I think you’re right. But what bothers me is that she prefaced it by saying her kid is white. Her question was not unique to white kids. Why even mention race unless you had a concern about fitting in (which would be appropriate question to ask). AA families care about whether their kids are not/crazy too.

+100

Tired of white parents acting like they are taking some huge risk/making some huge sacrifice by sending their kids to a school that’s not predominantly white.

- a white parent

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, if you're worried about the opposite sex you could try Ron Brown if you have a boy and the new Girls Global Academy charter if you don't.

If you have a girl, Banneker is like 65-70% female. Also, your kid may be gay.

Could be, but OP said she's willing to give up things about the current school if she could find a place with less craziness about the *opposite* sex which indicates that a single-sex environment might be useful.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: If it involves less focus on attraction to/from the opposite sex and less interest in that sort of "coolness"

Very interesting implied belief that your white child won't be attracted/attractive to black members of the opposite sex. I'm trying hard not to troll...In seriousness, I would (a) reconsider that belief, and then (b) consider how you would react if your child goes to Banneker and is attracted/attractive to black teenagers, and (c) consider how you would react if your child DOESN'T go to Banneker and is attracted to black teenagers.

I'm assuming that OP means that the academic focus means that "coolness" and dating aren't the kids #1 interests.

Yeah, I think she means, she is looking for a geekier crowd.

I think you’re right. But what bothers me is that she prefaced it by saying her kid is white. Her question was not unique to white kids. Why even mention race unless you had a concern about fitting in (which would be appropriate question to ask). AA families care about whether their kids are not/crazy too.

*boy crazy

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, if you're worried about the opposite sex you could try Ron Brown if you have a boy and the new Girls Global Academy charter if you don't.

If you have a girl, Banneker is like 65-70% female. Also, your kid may be gay.

Could be, but OP said she's willing to give up things about the current school if she could find a place with less craziness about the *opposite* sex which indicates that a single-sex environment might be useful.

I don’t read it that way

[Anonymous]

Dudes she wants a less hormonal and social exclusion based environment for her kid. Sounds like a thing a lot of people want. Now, adding the WHITE part of the discussion brings in some stuff I hope OP wasn’t really focused on and just kind of stumbled around rather gracelessly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: If it involves less focus on attraction to/from the opposite sex and less interest in that sort of "coolness"

Very interesting implied belief that your white child won't be attracted/attractive to black members of the opposite sex. I'm trying hard not to troll...In seriousness, I would (a) reconsider that belief, and then (b) consider how you would react if your child goes to Banneker and is attracted/attractive to black teenagers, and (c) consider how you would react if your child DOESN'T go to Banneker and is attracted to black teenagers.

I'm assuming that OP means that the academic focus means that "coolness" and dating aren't the kids #1 interests.

Yeah, I think she means, she is looking for a geekier crowd.

I think you’re right. But what bothers me is that she prefaced it by saying her kid is white. Her question was not unique to white kids. Why even mention race unless you had a concern about fitting in (which would be appropriate question to ask). AA families care about whether their kids are not/crazy too.

+100

Tired of white parents acting like they are taking some huge risk/making some huge sacrifice by sending their kids to a school that’s not predominantly white.

- a white parent

Has your child been in an environment like the one you mentioned? If so and all has been wonderful, great. Some of us have kids in this environment already and they've experienced some real issues so it is a fair and valid question.

[Anonymous]

last PP, you better get explicit and narrow down your issue or you're just gonna get pwned as a racist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: If it involves less focus on attraction to/from the opposite sex and less interest in that sort of "coolness"

Very interesting implied belief that your white child won't be attracted/attractive to black members of the opposite sex. I'm trying hard not to troll...In seriousness, I would (a) reconsider that belief, and then (b) consider how you would react if your child goes to Banneker and is attracted/attractive to black teenagers, and (c) consider how you would react if your child DOESN'T go to Banneker and is attracted to black teenagers.

I'm assuming that OP means that the academic focus means that "coolness" and dating aren't the kids #1 interests.

Yeah, I think she means, she is looking for a geekier crowd.

I think you’re right. But what bothers me is that she prefaced it by saying her kid is white. Her question was not unique to white kids. Why even mention race unless you had a concern about fitting in (which would be appropriate question to ask). AA families care about whether their kids are not/crazy too.

+100

Tired of white parents acting like they are taking some huge risk/making some huge sacrifice by sending their kids to a school that’s not predominantly white.

- a white parent

In a lot of cities you are taking a risk. Most of these schools are filled with poor performing students, which is reason enough to go elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: If it involves less focus on attraction to/from the opposite sex and less interest in that sort of "coolness"

Very interesting implied belief that your white child won't be attracted/attractive to black members of the opposite sex. I'm trying hard not to troll...In seriousness, I would (a) reconsider that belief, and then (b) consider how you would react if your child goes to Banneker and is attracted/attractive to black teenagers, and (c) consider how you would react if your child DOESN'T go to Banneker and is attracted to black teenagers.

I'm assuming that OP means that the academic focus means that "coolness" and dating aren't the kids #1 interests.

Yeah, I think she means, she is looking for a geekier crowd.

I think you’re right. But what bothers me is that she prefaced it by saying her kid is white. Her question was not unique to white kids. Why even mention race unless you had a concern about fitting in (which would be appropriate question to ask). AA families care about whether their kids are not/crazy too.

+100

Tired of white parents acting like they are taking some huge risk/making some huge sacrifice by sending their kids to a school that’s not predominantly white.

- a white parent

In a lot of cities you are taking a risk. Most of these schools are filled with poor performing students, which is reason enough to go elsewhere.

That has nothing to do with Banneker.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: If it involves less focus on attraction to/from the opposite sex and less interest in that sort of "coolness"

Very interesting implied belief that your white child won't be attracted/attractive to black members of the opposite sex. I'm trying hard not to troll...In seriousness, I would (a) reconsider that belief, and then (b) consider how you would react if your child goes to Banneker and is attracted/attractive to black teenagers, and (c) consider how you would react if your child DOESN'T go to Banneker and is attracted to black teenagers.

I'm assuming that OP means that the academic focus means that "coolness" and dating aren't the kids #1 interests.

Yeah, I think she means, she is looking for a geekier crowd.

I think you’re right. But what bothers me is that she prefaced it by saying her kid is white. Her question was not unique to white kids. Why even mention race unless you had a concern about fitting in (which would be appropriate question to ask). AA families care about whether their kids are not/crazy too.

+100

Tired of white parents acting like they are taking some huge risk/making some huge sacrifice by sending their kids to a school that’s not predominantly white.

- a white parent

In a lot of cities you are taking a risk. Most of these schools are filled with poor performing students, which is reason enough to go elsewhere.

That has nothing to do with Banneker.

That's because Banneker is an anomaly with 70% girls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: If it involves less focus on attraction to/from the opposite sex and less interest in that sort of "coolness"

Very interesting implied belief that your white child won't be attracted/attractive to black members of the opposite sex. I'm trying hard not to troll...In seriousness, I would (a) reconsider that belief, and then (b) consider how you would react if your child goes to Banneker and is attracted/attractive to black teenagers, and (c) consider how you would react if your child DOESN'T go to Banneker and is attracted to black teenagers.

I'm assuming that OP means that the academic focus means that "coolness" and dating aren't the kids #1 interests.

Yeah, I think she means, she is looking for a geekier crowd.

I think you’re right. But what bothers me is that she prefaced it by saying her kid is white. Her question was not unique to white kids. Why even mention race unless you had a concern about fitting in (which would be appropriate question to ask). AA families care about whether their kids are not/crazy too.

+100

Tired of white parents acting like they are taking some huge risk/making some huge sacrifice by sending their kids to a school that’s not predominantly white.

- a white parent

In a lot of cities you are taking a risk. Most of these schools are filled with poor performing students, which is reason enough to go elsewhere.

Do you understand that "poor performing students" are not at Banneker, which is an application school? Are you simply going by the color of their skin?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: If it involves less focus on attraction to/from the opposite sex and less interest in that sort of "coolness"

Very interesting implied belief that your white child won't be attracted/attractive to black members of the opposite sex. I'm trying hard not to troll...In seriousness, I would (a) reconsider that belief, and then (b) consider how you would react if your child goes to Banneker and is attracted/attractive to black teenagers, and (c) consider how you would react if your child DOESN'T go to Banneker and is attracted to black teenagers.

I'm assuming that OP means that the academic focus means that "coolness" and dating aren't the kids #1 interests.

Yeah, I think she means, she is looking for a geekier crowd.

I think you’re right. But what bothers me is that she prefaced it by saying her kid is white. Her question was not unique to white kids. Why even mention race unless you had a concern about fitting in (which would be appropriate question to ask). AA families care about whether their kids are not/crazy too.

+100

Tired of white parents acting like they are taking some huge risk/making some huge sacrifice by sending their kids to a school that’s not predominantly white.

- a white parent

In a lot of cities you are taking a risk. Most of these schools are filled with poor performing students, which is reason enough to go elsewhere.

That has nothing to do with Banneker.

That's because Banneker is an anomaly with 70% girls.

Again? What does this have to do with this thread? Also what does 70% girls have to do with it not being a poor performing school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: If it involves less focus on attraction to/from the opposite sex and less interest in that sort of "coolness"

Very interesting implied belief that your white child won't be attracted/attractive to black members of the opposite sex. I'm trying hard not to troll...In seriousness, I would (a) reconsider that belief, and then (b) consider how you would react if your child goes to Banneker and is attracted/attractive to black teenagers, and (c) consider how you would react if your child DOESN'T go to Banneker and is attracted to black teenagers.

I'm assuming that OP means that the academic focus means that "coolness" and dating aren't the kids #1 interests.

Yeah, I think she means, she is looking for a geekier crowd.

I think you’re right. But what bothers me is that she prefaced it by saying her kid is white. Her question was not unique to white kids. Why even mention race unless you had a concern about fitting in (which would be appropriate question to ask). AA families care about whether their kids are not/crazy too.

+100

Tired of white parents acting like they are taking some huge risk/making some huge sacrifice by sending their kids to a school that’s not predominantly white.

- a white parent

In a lot of cities you are taking a risk. Most of these schools are filled with poor performing students, which is reason enough to go elsewhere.

Do you understand that "poor performing students" are not at Banneker, which is an application school? Are you simply going by the color of their skin?

I guess you couldn't figure out that I was responding to the previous posters comment, and not talking specifically about Banneker. Apparently you are unaware of actual statistics that support my statement. Give it up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: If it involves less focus on attraction to/from the opposite sex and less interest in that sort of "coolness"

Very interesting implied belief that your white child won't be attracted/attractive to black members of the opposite sex. I'm trying hard not to troll...In seriousness, I would (a) reconsider that belief, and then (b) consider how you would react if your child goes to Banneker and is attracted/attractive to black teenagers, and (c) consider how you would react if your child DOESN'T go to Banneker and is attracted to black teenagers.

I'm assuming that OP means that the academic focus means that "coolness" and dating aren't the kids #1 interests.

Yeah, I think she means, she is looking for a geekier crowd.

I think you’re right. But what bothers me is that she prefaced it by saying her kid is white. Her question was not unique to white kids. Why even mention race unless you had a concern about fitting in (which would be appropriate question to ask). AA families care about whether their kids are not/crazy too.

+100

Tired of white parents acting like they are taking some huge risk/making some huge sacrifice by sending their kids to a school that’s not predominantly white.

- a white parent

In a lot of cities you are taking a risk. Most of these schools are filled with poor performing students, which is reason enough to go elsewhere.

Do you understand that "poor performing students" are not at Banneker, which is an application school? Are you simply going by the color of their skin?

I guess you couldn't figure out that I was responding to the previous posters comment, and not talking specifically about Banneker. Apparently you are unaware of actual statistics that support my statement. Give it up.

PP here--well then if you're not talking specifically about Banneker than your comment is completely useless, no matter how you try to spin your comment about "these schools."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: If it involves less focus on attraction to/from the opposite sex and less interest in that sort of "coolness"

Very interesting implied belief that your white child won't be attracted/attractive to black members of the opposite sex. I'm trying hard not to troll...In seriousness, I would (a) reconsider that belief, and then (b) consider how you would react if your child goes to Banneker and is attracted/attractive to black teenagers, and (c) consider how you would react if your child DOESN'T go to Banneker and is attracted to black teenagers.

I'm assuming that OP means that the academic focus means that "coolness" and dating aren't the kids #1 interests.

Yeah, I think she means, she is looking for a geekier crowd.

I think you’re right. But what bothers me is that she prefaced it by saying her kid is white. Her question was not unique to white kids. Why even mention race unless you had a concern about fitting in (which would be appropriate question to ask). AA families care about whether their kids are not/crazy too.

+100

Tired of white parents acting like they are taking some huge risk/making some huge sacrifice by sending their kids to a school that’s not predominantly white.

- a white parent

In a lot of cities you are taking a risk. Most of these schools are filled with poor performing students, which is reason enough to go elsewhere.

Do you understand that "poor performing students" are not at Banneker, which is an application school? Are you simply going by the color of their skin?

I guess you couldn't figure out that I was responding to the previous posters comment, and not talking specifically about Banneker. Apparently you are unaware of actual statistics that support my statement. Give it up.

PP here--well then if you're not talking specifically about Banneker than your comment is completely useless, no matter how you try to spin your comment about "these schools."

+1. I’m going to go on the political forum and tell them that a Big Mac has more calories than broccoli.