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An Open House Plea: Keep Your Questions Limited!
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Anonymous
| I read w/sympathy about poster who is tired of open houses. My bone to pick is w/you parents (especially out-of-place dads) who ask irrelevant, non specific, non relative to the general--QUESTION after QUESTION after QUESTION. Read the brochures before attenting, analyze the website, call the admission staff ahead of time. Open House is not the time to show off. Limit yourself to 2 (3 at the most) questions, per family. Otherwise, the Q & A session drags and drags, the tour is limited because parents like me have to return to work. Most schools welcome private questions before or after the general session (arrive early or leave late), via email or phone, or you can schedule a private tour/question session on your own. Just a plea. Thanks. |
Anonymous
| "Out-of-place dads"? Not sure I understand that one. |
Anonymous
| Possibly dads who have been dragged to the open house by their wives to make it look like both parents are engaged in the whole school thing? |
Anonymous
| Or they could be the "much older" dads who are there with a younger second wife and have a pre-k kid. Last year, I would say this type of dad encompased at least 75% of the dads on the tours. Not that there is anything wrong with that and good luck to them but those dads did seem a little out of place to me. |
Anonymous
But the older ones don't ask many questions. |
Anonymous
I can't help wondering if public schools were good enough for the first brood! |
Anonymous
lol, you almost made me spit out my coffee. Thanks. |
Anonymous
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OP, I hear you. I have not experienced any of the annoying dads, but I have a lot of parents asking douchebag questions to make themselves sound amazing/smart/ethnic/multicultural/monied/connected/
educational. They are so transparent. I want to throw my bland cup of coffee at them... |
Anonymous
And for those those who cannot restrain themselves from asking douchebag questions, please do know that the ADs, while smiling and nodding and seemingly so anxious to answer YOUR question, are at the same time thinking - what a douchebag, gotta make sure I remember her name so I can draft up that, ahem, waitlist letter before the douche leaves the school grounds. |
Anonymous
I love this. How do they make themselves sound ethnic? |
Anonymous
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I can think of one example -- a parent asking about languages, and accelerated or alternative learning of languages. The latter were necessary, I take it, because the DC already was bilingual and spent summers (quote) "in my country."
Glancing at this questioner it would not be immediately apparent that "my country" was not the United States, if you KWIM. |
Anonymous
Wow, he has his own country? At the very least, he must be good for a new gym! 
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Anonymous
| My DH is one of those older fathers. So thoughtful of the earlier posters to notice. He attends open houses, researches schools, and is as involved as I am in choices about our children's lives and education. I would hope the same for all of my friends and their spouses. As for the poster who wonders whether public school was "good enough" for his kids from an earlier marriage, they also went to private school. So glad to know, though, that that's what some people are wondering when they see our family. Nice. |
Anonymous
| If the shoe doesnt fit......dont wear it. |
Anonymous
Well, now you know what people are thinking. |