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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish all the UMC people who think it's fine to lie and cheat to get what you want for your kid understand that this actually contributes to the feeling of lawlessness and decline in DC overall. Like when we talk about problems associated with poor people in DC, like truancy, juvenile crime, and drug use, I wonder if there is any self awareness that a culture that condones one kind of lawlessness necessarily condones the other.

And you wonder why so many DC teens living at or below the poverty line seem to run around with a sense of rage and entitlement? Well this is part of it. The UMC people in the district act like the rules simply do not apply to them, so why on earth should someone who is actually struggling in life follow them? You don't think your kid should have to go to their IB school or play by the rules of the lottery? Cool, then I don't have to go to school at all and also give me your money. The rules don't matter, right? Nothing matters. Who cares.

In a functional society we all agree to follow the rules.[/quote]

I think this is a silly thread but this poster isn't wrong either. Many, many UMC DC residents think they are entitled to do whatever they want because they see themselves as saviors for living in the city at all. They believe their impropriety helps the cities whereas poor people's crimes are a hazard and fail to see any reasons why their own crimes and moral grey choices may impact the other.[/quote]

OK, so this PP makes good points. And? Addressing boundary fraud isn't a priority for politicians or ed sector leaders in this particular city, same story for decades. 
You want some sort of public information campaign to try to guilt UMC DC residents into behaving better?

We know more than one CH family that quietly rents a studio apt. in Upper NW for access to J-R. These are people who lack a viable public-school alternative after their kids had a miserable time at BASIS and didn't get chosen for Walls or Banneker. I'm not going to blame them for failing to utilize struggling McKinley or Eastern or to clear out of the only homes their children have ever known. These folks should have far better options for high school for their tax dollars. My vote is for them to be ignored. There don't seem to be very many of them and, while they're hardly the moral paragons you guys want as neighbors and DC residents, they're not bad people either.[/quote]

This is actually a textbook example of believing you are entitled to more in DC than others simply because you have the wealth. They want to keep their larger home and walkability but won't consider McKinley even though their own kid apparently couldn't cut it at BASIS and didn't get into Walls or Banneker? Come on. They've had every advantage and it still wasn't enough so they decided to skirt ethics. That's just privilege with an extra dose of racism.[/quote]

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