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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]On the flip side, if you would like to be a part of a thriving "community" with super cool black and white families (neither school has much of a spanish population) that are bound together by mutual respect and commitment to their children as well as the school itself, then Hearst and Eaton are arguably your best options.[/quote]

OR, if you Mt Pleasant families want to be part of a thriving community of super cool families that reflects the[i] actual neighborhood you live in[/i], you could go to Bancroft! I do not get why people even choose to live in Mt. P when they have zero interest in our local school. [/quote]

As Jeff has tried to say many, many times on this thread,[b] there are many factors that go into a family's calculation about the school they choose.[/b] Hell, there are factors that go into the decision making around what brand of toilet paper I buy for my family. [b]In any case, it's not for you to understand.[/b] You are better served spending your time focusing on your own family. Your sentiment could also be applied to why a family would choose to send their child to a private or independent school (or even boarding school) that isn't in their own neighborhood. You're being purposely obtuse in a lame attempt to defend your exclusionary attitude. [/quote]

Unless you choose your IB school because you like the neighborhood school concept. In which case, you are a racist elitist. [/quote]

Can you please show me where anyone said anything of the sort? There has been a lot of criticism tossed around in this thread, but I am quite sure that nobody has been criticized for choosing their neighborhood school, let alone called a racist elitist.  Please refrain from posting made-up, inflammatory remarks.
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Page 2 "And what's wrong with going to school with out of bounds kids? 
I went to eaton and that was the best part, 
It was very diverse as a result. 
Scared of brown kids?"

Page 3 "Only way to explain this is OP is referring to the brown or riff raff from EOTP OOB kids. She's not really OOB in her mind because she's wealthy, likely white and lives WOTP."

Page 4 "hmm, based on these posts maybe OOB isn't code word for brown or poor, maybe it really is about you can't afford to live in my neighborhood (which is why op isn't bothered about being the unwanted OOB at Stoddard because she does feel she lives in the neighborhood). We lived in a crappy 2 bedroom condo IB for Eaton, and I can tell you people in my neighborhood knew we couldn't "really" afford to live there and treated us accordingly though we are white and hyper-educated with kids likely to do well when testing comes around in 3rd grade."
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The poster was being criticized for [b]not wanting[/b] to attend her inbound school, not for [b]wanting[/b] to attend it. Are you really that obtuse? 
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It doesn't matter whether she's opting in or opting out- she's just considering schools just like everyone else. The point is that everyone feels free to make assumptions and judgments about her motives. But, when asked why someone else about their school choice, the claim is- it's a personal choice -- no judgments.

Obtuse? That seems more than a little inflammatory, no?[/quote]

No "obtuse" is not an inflammatory description for someone who claims that two polar opposites are the same. But, let me try to break this down for you:

1) Despite your apparent belief that you have mind-reading skills, you really have no idea why EotP families choose to attend OOB WotP. You certainly could not even begin to explain the factors that led to my family's decision. You can make all the assumptions and judgements you like, you are just unlikely to be accurate.

2) The OP of this thread explicitly stated that her concern was that her inbound school had a high number of OOB students. She then went on to describe Hearst as "even worse" because of the number of OOB students there. We don't have to make assumptions about that because she explicitly stated it. At the same time, she inquired about OOB opportunities, creating confusion about why she opposed OOB students at her inbound school, but wouldn't mind her own child being an OOB student. Again, this contradiction is not an assumption that required special mind-reading abilities to reveal -- the OP clearly stated it.

Somehow, you concluded that this means that if you choose your neighborhood school you are a "racist elitist". In fact, any judgement of that sort resulted from the OP's desire not to attend her neighborhood school for the clearly stated reason that it had too many OOB students. You got it completely backwards. Now, your claim is "forwards, backwards, what's the difference?". The difference is a lot.

You seem to have a desire to demonstrate that EotP families who attend WotP schools are no different than the OP. It is within the realm of possibility that you are correct in at least some cases, but we have no way of knowing because none of the EotP families have posted the factors that led to their decisions. Moreover, there is no justification for inventing inflammatory statements that were not made. Despite your apparent belief otherwise, accuracy does matter.

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