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[quote=Anonymous]Don't tell Mrs. Simpson or Capital Cotillion, but you don't have to follow the classes all the way through for your child to get a little bit of benefit from it. Yes, my kids are in private school, and yes, some busybody mom put up names of every boy in the grade- but I emphasize all the boys, African-American, Jewish, etc. And yes, they all received invitations. I've seen the inside of that place (albeit for the younger kids' classes) and it is really just a mob scene of kids playing dress-up. It's pretty harmless. Drop them off, pick them up. I admit that chaperoning was a little scary (try shaking hands with 200 10 year olds) but these are perfectly ordinary kids. I also bet they'll accept virtually any boy that's interested because by 6th or 7th grade almost all have dropped out. The girls continue to enjoy getting dressed up. I admit the concept is nauseating but I could have used a few lessons in being a graceful dancer and a little less awkward dancing with the opposite sex. And yes, I do know some public school kids there. I don't think they could physically fit any more kids into the ballroom than they do under the current invite-only structure. I agree with some other posters- if you want an invitation, ask someone to recommend you. We certinly didn't have a pedigree to list on the application form.

So please, enough holier-than-thou outrage. Don't do it if you don't want to. You won't be missing much, and it won't affect what college your child gets into. As for one kid who doesn't go in a class (which I find hard to believe) - he should say "my parents thought it was stupid." Chances are, his friends will tell him he's lucky to have such great parents.

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