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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I want to know why people are trying to discredit her. She wrote the post to help other parents who are in similar situations by giving a different perspective than has been shared. Why fault her for views and desire to share her experience?

It seems to me that the negative responders are the ones who have an agenda.[/quote]

Why did she write the post?  To "help" other parents? [/quote]

Yes, I believe she wrote the post to help other parents. She said that she was naive when she started out in charters. She assumed that because it was a highly-regarded charter that her child was "set" but now she realizes that that thinking was flawed. I thought she explained her background and financial situation to emphasis how resources or lack there of have hindered HER. I didn't see that she was blaming anyone. She seemed to blame herself and wanted to let others know what to expect.

Instead of offering understanding, some DCUM posters went as far as to put her down because she should have known that she needed to devote more time and effort. Well, she already said she didn't put in enough time/effort and doesn't have the money to catch up.  I didn't see her post as a blame game when I read it, so I was surprised to see DCUM respond that way.

I don't think we should make a person who feels marginalized even more marginalized. Just because your experience is different, doesn't mean that hers is wrong. Yes, she sounded frustrated, but I could read through that and get her main points.

I am a new charter school parent and appreciated her point of view. Do I think negatively of charters now? NO! Will I think twice about projecting my views on someone else who may have a different opinion or feel marginalized? YES![/quote]

Really?  She wasn't blaming anyone?  She didn't accuse the admins and teachers at the "HRCS" for treating her child unfairly?  Of revoking their residency papers and relegating them to second-class status?  I didn't read one sentence that spoke to her blaming herself...  Can you point that out?

She is frustrated, clearly!  But what were her main points again?  She and her kid are being discriminated right?

How does this possibly help you as a new charter school parent? [/quote]

I'm the PP you're responding to. Here's the reference from her post:

"I do wish I'd not been so naive about academic program implementation however. My best suggestion is to supplement as much as you possibly can with outside enrichment. In that way no matter which way it goes, your child has a better change of not being behind his or her peers."

Here's what I took away from the post. Something VERY specific happened to the OP and she's upset about it. In her frustration, it occurred to her that other people she's spoken with have had similar experiences (or at least felt marginalized if what' she's saying is not completely true). She wished someone had given her a similar perspective when she first became a charter parent. She thought she'd help someone else by posting her experience (which was also therapeutic as confessions and personal accounts often are).

I thought it was harmless, but apparently I'm in the minority.[/quote]

OP has been invited, repeatedly, to detail said VERY specific incident.  Otherwise, I'm not buying t, and am inclined to think YOU are OP.

...still waiting...[/quote]

No, I'm not OP. Now, it's apparent that YOU are the one with all of the conspiracy theories. Really, you have a hard time trusting or believing anyone, don't you.  You even have issue with my post. Wow![/quote]

I'm really wishing I knew which charter school this combative poster goes to. I sure hope it's not the one my DC will start this Fall. I have no problem going to OP's school, but this extremely negative conspiracy theorist is giving me pause.  Yikes![/quote]

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