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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not PP but similar experience at Stone Ridge except DD did not get into ED. She is doing okay because she and her CC worked out a good strategy and also applied to some schools EA (which she got into). She is debating following up with another 1-2 RD applications. No expectation of true counseling over break as plans were made ahead of time for all sorts of scenarios.

And I’m not sure why you assume someone like Pp (or me by extension) is someone who has been complaining for years but is now suddenly happy. I think we just had reasonable expectations and the CC did a solid job with our daughter. [/quote]

sounds like you didn’t need help.
That is fine but if you did are you saying they would not answer email?[/quote]

Not pp, but I think it depends on “when” during break. My kid is not in HS, but I noticed teachers and admins started coming back online after new year’s, even though school was still closed. I’d assume this would be even more true for CC. [/quote]

We have to. If teachers didn’t spend our breaks working, we wouldn’t have lessons prepared for the day back. It’s also the only time we can get through the backlog of work caused by our over-scheduled days.

But I do not consider myself on-call to students and parents during my break.

Yet every winter, I end up doing last-minute recommendation letters or I end up reading last-minute supplemental essays. And, after years of giving up family time for these requests, I can honestly say I have not been thanked once. Not once.

There is an expectation in some households that I am always on-call. I resent that more than the work itself. [/quote]

Of course they didn’t thank you - you’re just the help, there to jump when they snap their fingers.

You’d think such important, accomplished people wouldn’t need the help of such a low-level educator—surely they’d be better at it themselves![/quote]

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