so sick of the gloating

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But not by people whose annual salaries approximate the cost of your DC's tuition. More likely by neighbors whose affluence is similar to your own but whose spending priorities are different.

It's not just about spending priorities, as if parents are choosing between private school and a beach condo. Some parents are sincerely happy with their local public school choices.

Exactly. I thought the PP who said "The private experience feels much more quality condensed" was unintentionally revealing. The major benefit of private school over a decent public is that everything is oriented towards the stroking of parental egos. The quality of the education your child receives may not be any better, but the quality of the parental experience is.

[Anonymous]

What BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What BS.

What? That all the Hogwarts-esque pomp and pageantry is aimed at giving parents what they're paying for rather than giving kids what they need? Not BS.

[Anonymous]

She opined, based on what is clearly extensive experience with local private day schools....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She opined, based on what is clearly extensive experience with local private day schools....

Been there, done that, bought the bumper sticker.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She opined, based on what is clearly extensive experience with local private day schools....

Been there, done that, bought the bumper sticker.

So did I, though I never got a sticker. Wound up at Harvard, much better prepared in most subjects (particularly writing, analysis, and advanced sciences) than my neighborhood friends from the gifted public school program I had been in through 8th grade. I was very, very lucky to have switched to a strong private school, and am glad I can provide the same for my kids. Different strokes for different folks.

I have an idea. Why don't I assume that you are an intelligent and thoughtful person who chose your child's school based on what is best for your child and family. And that you are neither duped nor swayed by superficial concerns. Then, perhaps you could assume then same of me.

[Anonymous]

NP here. I like this:

I have an idea. Why don't I assume that you are an intelligent and thoughtful person who chose your child's school based on what is best for your child and family. And that you are neither duped nor swayed by superficial concerns. Then, perhaps you could assume the same of me.

As a private school parent, I'm happy to follow this attitude for other families at both private and public schools. Are the public school parents posting here willing to adopt the same stance?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here. I like this:

I have an idea. Why don't I assume that you are an intelligent and thoughtful person who chose your child's school based on what is best for your child and family. And that you are neither duped nor swayed by superficial concerns. Then, perhaps you could assume the same of me.

As a private school parent, I'm happy to follow this attitude for other families at both private and public schools. Are the public school parents posting here willing to adopt the same stance?

Yes, certainly. I think the divisions have been on other issues, though - whether public school parents can post here, whether OP is over-reacting, things like that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here. I like this:

I have an idea. Why don't I assume that you are an intelligent and thoughtful person who chose your child's school based on what is best for your child and family. And that you are neither duped nor swayed by superficial concerns. Then, perhaps you could assume the same of me.

As a private school parent, I'm happy to follow this attitude for other families at both private and public schools. Are the public school parents posting here willing to adopt the same stance?

Sure! Actually, if someone were to give me a full scholarship (or if we weren't able to take advantage of a great, diverse public school) I'd be right there standing in the courtyard of Hogwarts with you, listening to Professor McGonagall tell me what a uniquely talented child my DS is.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous]Bethesda/Chevy Chase elementary schools start at 9:00am and end at 3:00pm; assume other MCPS elementary schools are on same schedule. My kids are in private elementary school from 8:10am to 3:20pm. That's a difference of 5 hours 50 minutes. Our school has an hour break mid-day for lunch, recess and the in-tansit time.


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Our MCPS elementary goes from 8:50 to 3:05. DC's former private elementary was 8:45-3; that's exactly the same, but private had way more time for recess.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NP here. I like this:

I have an idea. Why don't I assume that you are an intelligent and thoughtful person who chose your child's school based on what is best for your child and family. And that you are neither duped nor swayed by superficial concerns. Then, perhaps you could assume the same of me.

As a private school parent, I'm happy to follow this attitude for other families at both private and public schools. Are the public school parents posting here willing to adopt the same stance?

Sure! Actually, if someone were to give me a full scholarship (or if we weren't able to take advantage of a great, diverse public school) I'd be right there standing in the courtyard of Hogwarts with you, listening to Professor McGonagall tell me what a uniquely talented child my DS is.

Glad to hear it! And if I couldn't afford to swing private school tuition, my children would be standing shoulder-to-shoulder with yours in a trailer of 40 other kids, sharing pencils because of budget cutbacks, riding the bus for over an hour each day, and hoping not to get stabbed in the lunch line!

(We're both just joking, right? )

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here. I like this:

I have an idea. Why don't I assume that you are an intelligent and thoughtful person who chose your child's school based on what is best for your child and family. And that you are neither duped nor swayed by superficial concerns. Then, perhaps you could assume the same of me.

As a private school parent, I'm happy to follow this attitude for other families at both private and public schools. Are the public school parents posting here willing to adopt the same stance?

Sure! Actually, if someone were to give me a full scholarship (or if we weren't able to take advantage of a great, diverse public school) I'd be right there standing in the courtyard of Hogwarts with you, listening to Professor McGonagall tell me what a uniquely talented child my DS is.

Glad to hear it! And if I couldn't afford to swing private school tuition, my children would be standing shoulder-to-shoulder with yours in a trailer of 40 other kids, sharing pencils because of budget cutbacks, riding the bus for over an hour each day, and hoping not to get stabbed in the lunch line!

(We're both just joking, right? ;) )

Ugly, ugly, ugly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here. I like this:

I have an idea. Why don't I assume that you are an intelligent and thoughtful person who chose your child's school based on what is best for your child and family. And that you are neither duped nor swayed by superficial concerns. Then, perhaps you could assume the same of me.

As a private school parent, I'm happy to follow this attitude for other families at both private and public schools. Are the public school parents posting here willing to adopt the same stance?

Sure! Actually, if someone were to give me a full scholarship (or if we weren't able to take advantage of a great, diverse public school) I'd be right there standing in the courtyard of Hogwarts with you, listening to Professor McGonagall tell me what a uniquely talented child my DS is.

Glad to hear it! And if I couldn't afford to swing private school tuition, my children would be standing shoulder-to-shoulder with yours in a trailer of 40 other kids, sharing pencils because of budget cutbacks, riding the bus for over an hour each day, and hoping not to get stabbed in the lunch line!

(We're both just joking, right? )

What's wrong with this? The public school mom offers gentle teasing about Hogwarts. And the private school mom comes back with a sledgehammer about trailers and knifings in the lunch line.

For somebody who is shocked, shocked! about some quip about the length of the private school year, you really are a piece of work.

[Anonymous]

Many of the posters here are absolutely disgusting. Trival comments about nothing. Please recognize how blessed and spoiled you are and how stupid you sound. There are many problems, big and small; use your good fortune and time to help yourself or others and stop this dribble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She opined, based on what is clearly extensive experience with local private day schools....

Been there, done that, bought the bumper sticker.

So did I, though I never got a sticker. Wound up at Harvard, much better prepared in most subjects (particularly writing, analysis, and advanced sciences) than my neighborhood friends from the gifted public school program I had been in through 8th grade. I was very, very lucky to have switched to a strong private school, and am glad I can provide the same for my kids. Different strokes for different folks.

I have an idea. Why don't I assume that you are an intelligent and thoughtful person who chose your child's school based on what is best for your child and family. And that you are neither duped nor swayed by superficial concerns. Then, perhaps you could assume then same of me.

Translation: private school is just so much better than even the local gifted programs, in every subject you can think of, like writing and science. But please ignore my rude dig at your schools, and accept my sincere desire for you not to think I'm just duped by the superficial aspects of private school. In return I'll assume you aren't either, because, hey, I just said that there are no good aspects to public schools.

Yeah, right.