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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The point of the original thread was discussing a situation [b]in which a person in a very small school community [/b]broadcasts that their child got into an elite school that others likely did not, a few days after decisions have come out, knowing (but obviously not thinking about) the other kids/families in their grade who have also spent the past months going through the same process but have not been as lucky. It is in bad taste to act in this manner. Be excited for your kid, yes. Write note of thanks to the teachers, ect, of course. Broadcast it on facebook saying how amazing your kid is with a link to the school, no. This is just common sense if you have ever been in a small k-8 school community, as I think a PP who works in one said above, and makes whoever did this look bad.[/quote]

I'm just not sure the distinction in the bolded.  A child may attend a small school, but likely those parents only make up only a tiny portion of the SM feed.  Basically you are saying that you shouldn't post anything that any follower might be sensitive about.....that would include other academic achievements, travel, weddings, pregnancies, college admissions....[/quote]

You have likely not been a part of this sort of community if you don't get the bolded. I am the OP and [b]this community does have a lot of parents who have known each other for years and do follow each other on SM[/b]. The graduating class of 8th graders is[b] under 40 students.[/b] After reading so many of these replies- I am surprised this post generated so many- I think much of what surprised me, and what I found in bad taste, was the way it was written, the linking to the school and the timing of this "broadcast of acceptance". The person posting it knowing full well that many other parents from their current school would see it. It was definitely in poor taste, especially after I have heard how difficult this past admissions cycle was for many students. Oh well. Everyone has the right to be tacky if they want to be, it is a free country.[/quote]

But how is this different from all sorts of other small cohorts?  A "moms group", a travel sports team, etc.  Should we all not post about a pregnancy or an athletic scholarship because people in that same cohort may be striving for the same and not get it?

I would assume that people have a lot more than 40 followers on social media feeds.[/quote]

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