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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends on the sport.  DD is an athletic recruit to an Ivy next year.[b]  She said one of her future teammates is dumb as dirt.  [/b]She's only taken 1 AP her entire HS career and highest math was pre-calc.  Sooo, if they are talented athletes the Ivy will exceptions with grades.  [/quote]

What a lovely child you’ve raised. 😒[/quote]
Yeah, I’d rather my child be “dumb as dirt” then an a$$hole like yours![/quote]

Spare us the sanctimony. If we're talking about athletes they've all said far worse about each other in competitions. They aren't nearly as thin skinned as some of the pearl clutchers on here crying about this weak insult.[/quote]
My DS was a college athlete. He would never had referred to a teammate that way. Plus, the child took an AP class, they are hardly “dumb as dirt”. [/quote]

You really think your DS never said anything close to that? Ever? To an opponent or about an opponent? Give me a break. [/quote]

I can’t guarantee this of course.  But I would be very disappointed if I ever heard of my DS saying something like this.  It’s just such ugly behavior.  I have heard him trash talk the other team - that goalie doesn’t know how to catch a ball; did you see that left back - bro needs to learn how to run.  But this is just a different league from calling a kid (on your own team, natch) “dumb as dirt”.  [/quote]

I don't see what the big deal is.  At my HYP, it was clear who the kids who got in because they were athletes and/or their parents were legacies and/or their parents were billionaires.  It was obvious they weren't there for their academic prowess.  No one said it to their face (that I heard) but it was widely acknowledged that they were not at the same intellectual level as other kids.[/quote]

Maybe in your circles that sort of nastiness was encouraged and routine. But that is not representative. I went to HYPS too and it was not at all common. I remember a few kids who started talking that way and they were widely disliked. [/quote]

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