Why can't folks that send their kids to average colleges ever admit it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My niece went to average U. She's a delightful person with a happy marriage and two beautiful kids. My nephew went to Harvard. He's a total jerk, though he's making millions in investment banking. He never visits his family and is completely obsessed with status (who makes his suits, shoes, his fancy BMW, his equally dismissive, breast enhanced GF).
You can have him.
By the way, didn't that guy who murdered his father go to Princeton, belong to Maidstone? Lots of them are still living off family in their 30s.

Lots? Oh, ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread actually clarifies a lot about DC for me. It has the reputation for being a city full of really awful people. I've defended that more times than I can remember by telling people that it not that people from DC are awful. They are just busy and stressed because it's a tough place to live and work.

I was wrong. You people suck. I'm thankful I didn't raised my kids anywhere near DC. They were babies and preschoolers the first time. When we moved back they were grown. Seriously, go back and read this thread. If you are "grooming" your kids to be anything other than kind, loving, hard-working, compassionate people committed to finding their own path - you fail as a parent. If you are pushing them towards the college of your dreams, please seek therapy. I see the result in real life in DC and here on dcum and it's really, really ugly.

THIS is why we are choosing between a monster and a criminal for POTUS.

Give me a break. Yep it's DC that causes competition. NO family in NYC or Chicago or SF is grooming its kids for an ivy. Nope. None at all. Just those awful DC families.

Newsflash -- any place where you have well educated parents with money and with some kind of educational pedigree -- you will get competition for the top schools. That's where they went, that's where they want their kids to go. So the same attitudes exist in NYC - including the NYC area suburbs like Westchester, Long Island, NJ, CT; Chicago; SF; Silicon Valley; etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread actually clarifies a lot about DC for me. It has the reputation for being a city full of really awful people. I've defended that more times than I can remember by telling people that it not that people from DC are awful. They are just busy and stressed because it's a tough place to live and work.

I was wrong. You people suck. I'm thankful I didn't raised my kids anywhere near DC. They were babies and preschoolers the first time. When we moved back they were grown. Seriously, go back and read this thread. If you are "grooming" your kids to be anything other than kind, loving, hard-working, compassionate people committed to finding their own path - you fail as a parent. If you are pushing them towards the college of your dreams, please seek therapy. I see the result in real life in DC and here on dcum and it's really, really ugly.

THIS is why we are choosing between a monster and a criminal for POTUS.

Seriously? One thing I know for sure is that the DC-area residents bear very little responsibility for the rise Donald Trump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread actually clarifies a lot about DC for me. It has the reputation for being a city full of really awful people. I've defended that more times than I can remember by telling people that it not that people from DC are awful. They are just busy and stressed because it's a tough place to live and work.

I was wrong. You people suck. I'm thankful I didn't raised my kids anywhere near DC. They were babies and preschoolers the first time. When we moved back they were grown. Seriously, go back and read this thread. If you are "grooming" your kids to be anything other than kind, loving, hard-working, compassionate people committed to finding their own path - you fail as a parent. If you are pushing them towards the college of your dreams, please seek therapy. I see the result in real life in DC and here on dcum and it's really, really ugly.

THIS is why we are choosing between a monster and a criminal for POTUS.

Why don't YOU go back and read this thread? I see many more posters who agree with you than don't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread actually clarifies a lot about DC for me. It has the reputation for being a city full of really awful people. I've defended that more times than I can remember by telling people that it not that people from DC are awful. They are just busy and stressed because it's a tough place to live and work.

I was wrong. You people suck. I'm thankful I didn't raised my kids anywhere near DC. They were babies and preschoolers the first time. When we moved back they were grown. Seriously, go back and read this thread. If you are "grooming" your kids to be anything other than kind, loving, hard-working, compassionate people committed to finding their own path - you fail as a parent. If you are pushing them towards the college of your dreams, please seek therapy. I see the result in real life in DC and here on dcum and it's really, really ugly.

THIS is why we are choosing between a monster and a criminal for POTUS.

Seriously? One thing I know for sure is that the DC-area residents bear very little responsibility for the rise Donald Trump.

Where did he go to school? And Secretary Clinton? There is a reason some employers won't even interview Ivy grads.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread actually clarifies a lot about DC for me. It has the reputation for being a city full of really awful people. I've defended that more times than I can remember by telling people that it not that people from DC are awful. They are just busy and stressed because it's a tough place to live and work.

I was wrong. You people suck. I'm thankful I didn't raised my kids anywhere near DC. They were babies and preschoolers the first time. When we moved back they were grown. Seriously, go back and read this thread. If you are "grooming" your kids to be anything other than kind, loving, hard-working, compassionate people committed to finding their own path - you fail as a parent. If you are pushing them towards the college of your dreams, please seek therapy. I see the result in real life in DC and here on dcum and it's really, really ugly.

THIS is why we are choosing between a monster and a criminal for POTUS.

I believe there was an article in the Post just this weekend about how the well-off seemingly lack empathy. This is the kind of thing that shows where it all starts. I come from a solidly middle class background - mother was a nurse, father a lawyer and retired USAF officer - and I worked in service jobs throughout HS and college. During my senior yearin HS, I delivered pizzas. In the more sketchy areas of town I received higher tips than in the wealthier neighborhoods. I wonder why that was? Now, I know.

[Anonymous]

“If there is a fundamental challenge in life, it is simply to change our lurking suspicion that some lives matter less than other lives.”

-- Fr. Greg Boyle

Know it, learn it, live it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op, I guess it depends on how much you have had to put up with. Lots of parents have spent their kids elementary school years insisting that their snowflakes are such special outliners that they can't possibly be educated in the same classroom as the ordinary 115 IQ kids (in certain FCPS areas) It's annoying ... and then guess what? Turns out their special snowflakes go to large State U with the other kids anyway!

+100
I've seen this happen time after time with my kids' classmates. With the exception of a very few, they all wind up at the same state universities, regardless of what path they took to get there (or how much money was spent along the way).

Fallacy. There's a wide gap in talent at state schools. The top kids will be doctors and lawyers and execs... the bottom kids flunk out or major in a worthless social science. Everyone isn't on some equal playing field because they're at the same college.

The more you post, the more we laugh. Keep it up!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread actually clarifies a lot about DC for me. It has the reputation for being a city full of really awful people. I've defended that more times than I can remember by telling people that it not that people from DC are awful. They are just busy and stressed because it's a tough place to live and work.

I was wrong. You people suck. I'm thankful I didn't raised my kids anywhere near DC. They were babies and preschoolers the first time. When we moved back they were grown. Seriously, go back and read this thread. If you are "grooming" your kids to be anything other than kind, loving, hard-working, compassionate people committed to finding their own path - you fail as a parent. If you are pushing them towards the college of your dreams, please seek therapy. I see the result in real life in DC and here on dcum and it's really, really ugly.

THIS is why we are choosing between a monster and a criminal for POTUS.

I'm not sure who you are, or why you're trying to turn this thread into something political (??), but let me tell you something. I'm a DC-area native. I've lived elsewhere on and off, including overseas, but came back here because it's my home. The people you're referring to, who are truly "awful," are NOT originally from this area. No, they come from other places and are sure they've "arrived" because they landed a job in DC or thereabouts.

The fact is, most of these uber-ambitious parents you speak of are transplants who feel they've got something to prove now that they're out of their small hometowns. Those of us who grew up here are down-to-earth and normal and *don't* groom our kids. So please stop claiming that elitist morons like the OP are representative of those of us who were born and raised here, by loving, kind, hard-working, and compassionate people. They're not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread actually clarifies a lot about DC for me. It has the reputation for being a city full of really awful people. I've defended that more times than I can remember by telling people that it not that people from DC are awful. They are just busy and stressed because it's a tough place to live and work.

I was wrong. You people suck. I'm thankful I didn't raised my kids anywhere near DC. They were babies and preschoolers the first time. When we moved back they were grown. Seriously, go back and read this thread. If you are "grooming" your kids to be anything other than kind, loving, hard-working, compassionate people committed to finding their own path - you fail as a parent. If you are pushing them towards the college of your dreams, please seek therapy. I see the result in real life in DC and here on dcum and it's really, really ugly.

THIS is why we are choosing between a monster and a criminal for POTUS.

I'm not sure who you are, or why you're trying to turn this thread into something political (??), but let me tell you something. I'm a DC-area native. I've lived elsewhere on and off, including overseas, but came back here because it's my home. The people you're referring to, who are truly "awful," are NOT originally from this area. No, they come from other places and are sure they've "arrived" because they landed a job in DC or thereabouts.

The fact is, most of these uber-ambitious parents you speak of are transplants who feel they've got something to prove now that they're out of their small hometowns. Those of us who grew up here are down-to-earth and normal and *don't* groom our kids. So please stop claiming that elitist morons like the OP are representative of those of us who were born and raised here, by loving, kind, hard-working, and compassionate people. They're not.

Yep! I have a co-worker who is really from DC and he laughs at people who claim they are from DC when they are actually Bethesda or Potomac!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op, I guess it depends on how much you have had to put up with. Lots of parents have spent their kids elementary school years insisting that their snowflakes are such special outliners that they can't possibly be educated in the same classroom as the ordinary 115 IQ kids (in certain FCPS areas) It's annoying ... and then guess what? Turns out their special snowflakes go to large State U with the other kids anyway!

+100
I've seen this happen time after time with my kids' classmates. With the exception of a very few, they all wind up at the same state universities, regardless of what path they took to get there (or how much money was spent along the way).

Fallacy. There's a wide gap in talent at state schools. The top kids will be doctors and lawyers and execs... the bottom kids flunk out or major in a worthless social science. Everyone isn't on some equal playing field because they're at the same college.

The more you post, the more we laugh. Keep it up!

I graduated from a school further down the scale in USNWR than HYP (although still Top 50) with a degree in a in a "worthless social science." Guess what? I have a career I love that provides a six figure income. And no, I am not an outlier. That being said, while the really top elites have been vacuuming up resources and growing their endowments we have been starving our great public institutions for years so that the role they play as a great equalizer in Amerian higher education is threatened.

See: http://harpers.org/archive/2016/03/save-our-public-universities/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread actually clarifies a lot about DC for me. It has the reputation for being a city full of really awful people. I've defended that more times than I can remember by telling people that it not that people from DC are awful. They are just busy and stressed because it's a tough place to live and work.

I was wrong. You people suck. I'm thankful I didn't raised my kids anywhere near DC. They were babies and preschoolers the first time. When we moved back they were grown. Seriously, go back and read this thread. If you are "grooming" your kids to be anything other than kind, loving, hard-working, compassionate people committed to finding their own path - you fail as a parent. If you are pushing them towards the college of your dreams, please seek therapy. I see the result in real life in DC and here on dcum and it's really, really ugly.

THIS is why we are choosing between a monster and a criminal for POTUS.

Seriously? One thing I know for sure is that the DC-area residents bear very little responsibility for the rise Donald Trump.

Where did he go to school? And Secretary Clinton? There is a reason some employers won't even interview Ivy grads.

Ha! Funny. If we had two state school graduates for candidates they would probably be more empathetic and be able to identify with most people in our country.

[Anonymous]

With a global economy and technical skills required for every white collar gig and so many youths completing bachelors degrees you can not compare previous generations to millennials. It's more competitive than ever. Status degrees certainly don't hurt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread actually clarifies a lot about DC for me. It has the reputation for being a city full of really awful people. I've defended that more times than I can remember by telling people that it not that people from DC are awful. They are just busy and stressed because it's a tough place to live and work.

I was wrong. You people suck. I'm thankful I didn't raised my kids anywhere near DC. They were babies and preschoolers the first time. When we moved back they were grown. Seriously, go back and read this thread. If you are "grooming" your kids to be anything other than kind, loving, hard-working, compassionate people committed to finding their own path - you fail as a parent. If you are pushing them towards the college of your dreams, please seek therapy. I see the result in real life in DC and here on dcum and it's really, really ugly.

THIS is why we are choosing between a monster and a criminal for POTUS.

Give me a break. Yep it's DC that causes competition. NO family in NYC or Chicago or SF is grooming its kids for an ivy. Nope. None at all. Just those awful DC families.

Newsflash -- any place where you have well educated parents with money and with some kind of educational pedigree -- you will get competition for the top schools. That's where they went, that's where they want their kids to go. So the same attitudes exist in NYC - including the NYC area suburbs like Westchester, Long Island, NJ, CT; Chicago; SF; Silicon Valley; etc.

And most of truly awful poster on here do not live anywhere near DC.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I have a friend like this. Her son is awesome. He went to a great high school. But his grades were not that great. He ended up going to a so-so college. Used to read all about him on Facebook regarding his high school years. But I haven't heard a peep
about him since he got into a so-so college. I think she's embarrassed. But she's like that. Sad.